Easter Monday

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noun

the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.

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Origin of Easter Monday

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby Easter Monday

Easter-ledges, Easter lily, easterling, easterly, easterly wave, Easter Monday, eastern, Eastern Aden Protectorate, Eastern Algonquian, Eastern Bloc, eastern camass

How to use Easter Monday in a sentence

Easter-Monday, March 30th, 1282, dawns upon Sicily with fair promise for the festal day.
Heroines of the Crusades|C. A. Bloss
At half-past five on Easter Monday morning the word was given and the Canadians went at once over the top.
The Post of Honour|Richard Wilson
But Easter-Monday was not made only for the city's dancing dignitaries.
Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 1 (of 2)|George Daniel
For ten days before Easter-Monday, the public had been excluded from the promenade.
Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870|Various

There was no "let up" of the deluge throughout that day and Easter-Monday.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870|Various