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Meaning of Easter term | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈiːstə tɜːm

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Paschal term (“the fourteenth day of the first lunar month of spring, formerly used in calculating dates”).
  2. The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
  3. The summer term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from April to June; equivalent to Trinity term at the universities of Oxford and Dublin. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.

Examples

“There are four terms in the year, viz. […] 3. Easter term, which begins on the tenth day after Easter Sunday, and ends on the day before Whitsunday.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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