Eastertide Hear it!

Eastertide Definition

Eas·ter·tide (ēs′tər tīd′)

noun

the period after Easter, extending in various churches to Ascension Day, Pentecost Sunday, or Trinity Sunday

Etymology: Easter + tide

Eastertide Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • joyful: Author of all things, we beseech you, in this joyful Eastertide, defend your people from all the assaults of death.

Modifies a noun

  • message: Leaves of Life brings the Eastertide message of " new life " to children.
Eastertide Quotes

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)