In the German language, the term " Weißer Sonntag " ( literally: " White Sunday ") does not refer to Whitsunday but rather to the first Sunday after Easter, known in English as either " Octave Day of Easter " or " Low Sunday ".

The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre (), which itself developed prior to 899, originally referring to the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Ēostre.

In all modern Celtic languages the term for Easter is derived from Latin.

The term " Quartodeciman " refers to the practice of celebrating Pascha or Easter on Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar, " the's passover " ().

The UK and Australia also refer to School holidays ( typically Christmas, Easter, and Summer ) for the periods between School terms when children are not required to go to school, and Half-term holidays for the short break ( usually one week ) part-way through each School term.

However the term Irish Republican Army in its modern sense was first used in the second decade of the 20th century for the rebel forces of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizen Army during the Easter Rising.

The May Day bank holiday, on the first Monday in May, was traditionally the only one to affect the state school calendar, although new arrangements in some areas to even out the length of school terms mean that the Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays, which vary from year to year, may also fall during term time.

" Cuth's Day ", the annual college day, is celebrated in the Easter term with music, entertainment, festivities and drinking.

There is a document granting approval for the diploma in anthropology to be awarded as of Easter term, 1922, to an undergraduate student from India.

The lecturer, who must be at least a Master of Arts of Oxford or Cambridge, was formerly chosen yearly by the heads of colleges, on the fourth Tuesday in Easter term, and no one can be chosen a second time.

Every week of the Michaelmas and Lent terms, and twice in Easter term, Churchill is host to Pav, a music event unusual for Cambridge events in that it is free and open to all university members.

The long term future of Easter Road was only secured in 1922, when the club agreed a 25 year lease on the ground.

* Easter term

Thereafter, numbers dwindled once again, and by the Easter term 1876, the club had dropped to last but one in the first division.

The modern English term " Easter " is the direct continuation of Old English Ēastre, whose role as a goddess is attested solely by Bede in the 8th century.

The term " Exchequer " then came to refer to the twice yearly meetings held at Easter and Michaelmas, at which government financial business was transacted and an audit held of sheriffs ' returns.

Students are allowed to sit there throughout the Easter term at certain times of day.

The names blend nicely with the translation of the Greek Megale Evthomada, Great Week, the Christian term for the week in which Easter falls.

The gene for blue eggs is dominant, so the term " Easter Egger " is used to describe birds of mixed breeding that produce such eggs.

In the United States, Spring Break at the college and university level can occur from March to April, depending on term dates and holidays such as Easter and Holy Week.

The * auzi-a compound form of * auzaz, the word found in the Anglo-Saxon goddess name Eastre, the holiday name Easter, and the term East, ultimately cognate with Hausos ( Ushas ), the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess ( Pokorny ( 1959 )).

In the second term there are the Easter holidays, the Mayday Holiday on May 1 and the long weekends of Pentecost, Ascension and Corpus Christi.

It has three terms: Christmas ( First ), Easter ( Second ) and August ( Third ), with two to three weeks break for Christmas and Easter and 6 to 7 weeks during the August term.

`` I may possibly be a greater risk than is the normal person of my age '', the President had said on February 29th of the election year, ignoring the fact that no one of his age had ever lived out another term.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

The term altruism may also refer to an ethical doctrine that claims that individuals are morally obliged to benefit others.

Abnormal and pathological anxiety or fear may itself be a medical condition falling under the blanket term " anxiety disorder ".

The term may be common to Italo-Celtic, because the Celtic languages have terms for high mountains derived from alp.

The term analog signal usually refers to electrical signals ; however, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals.

" Capitalism ," as anarcho-capitalists employ the term, is not to be confused with state monopoly capitalism, crony capitalism, corporatism, or contemporary mixed economies, wherein market incentives and disincentives may be altered by state action.

In statistics, the term analysis may refer to any method used

The term may also refer to the physical region where the electron can be calculated to be, as defined by the particular mathematical form of the orbital.

Most often, the term describes those who create within a context of the fine arts or ' high culture ', activities such as drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, dancing, writing, filmmaking, photography, and music — people who use imagination, talent, or skill to create works that may be judged to have an aesthetic value.

The term may be also used loosely or metaphorically to denote highly skilled people in any non -" art " activities, as well — law, medicine, mechanics, or mathematics, for example.

English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic, Portuguese, and Russian speakers may use the term American to refer to either inhabitants of the Americas or to U. S. nationals.

They generally have other terms specific to U. S. nationals, such as German US-Amerikaner, French étatsunien, Japanese 米国人 beikokujin, Arabic أمريكاني amriikaanii ( as opposed to the more-common أمريكي amriikii ), and Italian statunitense, but these may be less common than the term American.

Latin Americans also may employ the term norteamericano ( North American ), which conflates the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.

The second suggestion is " vine ", which is reached through * Ambilō, which may be related to the Greek term ámpelos, itself meaning " vine, liana ".

Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years ( especially in geology, cosmology or astronomy ), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period.

" " Giving Directions " is the term for thinking and projecting an anatomically ideal map of how one's body may be used effortlessly.

However, some immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American and South American nations, and their descendants, may be identified or self-identify with the term.

The Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms defines the term Alford plea as: " A plea under which a defendant may choose to plead guilty, not because of an admission to the crime, but because the prosecutor has sufficient evidence to place a charge and to obtain conviction in court.

The term may also apply to works of fiction purporting to be autobiographies of real characters, e. g., Robert Nye's Memoirs of Lord Byron.

As with those who engage other activities such as singing or running, the term may apply broadly to anyone who engages in it even briefly, or be more narrowly limited to those for whom it is a vocation, habit or characteristic practice.

However, the Church declared that "' Extreme unction ' ... may also and more fittingly be called ' anointing of the sick '" ( emphasis added ), and has itself adopted the latter term, while not outlawing the former.

In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly may not vest.

Current hypotheses suggest that asexual reproduction may have short term benefits when rapid population growth is important or in stable environments, while sexual reproduction offers a net advantage by allowing more rapid generation of genetic diversity, allowing adaptation to changing environments.