 | John Ogilvie - English language - 1855 - 434 pages
...EASEL-PIECES, — which see. EAS'EL, adv. Eastward. [SeoicA.l EAST'ER, n. [add.] By statute, Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens upon, or next after the Ulst of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after ; but properly... | |
 | Episcopal Church, Thomas Church Brownell - 1855 - 812 pages
...when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-Days begin. EASTER-DAY, (I.) on which the rest depend, is always will j I ever be showing thy truth, from one generation to another. For I Twenty-first Day of March ; and if ! the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after.... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - English language - 1855 - 580 pages
...rUi HLF sun. EAST'EK (est'er), n. The day on which the reatirrectinn of Christ is commemorated, being the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 2l8t of March. £AST'ER-LY (5t<t'er-le),a. &<wL Towards the east £AST'ERN (Gat'eni), a. Being in the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 384 pages
...the numerous days of ominous character by the superstitious of olden time. Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March, and if the full moon should occur upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. It was... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 410 pages
...the numerous daf s of ominous character by the superstitious of olden time. Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March, and if the full moon should occur upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. It was... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1856 - 426 pages
...the numerous days of ominous character by the superstitious of olden time. Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March, and if the full moon should occur upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. It was... | |
 | William Simpson - Church history - 1857 - 354 pages
...rule for finding Easter, as laid down in the Book of Common Prayer, is this — " Easterday is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easterday is the Sunday after." This accords... | |
 | Moon - 1857 - 156 pages
...age, reckoning from her being new. According to the rule in the Prayer-book, " Easter-day is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March ; and if the full moon happens on a Sunday, then Easter-day is the Sunday after." The... | |
 | English literature - 1857 - 594 pages
...— and is thus expressed in the English Church's Book of Common Prayer: — ' Easter-day is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the 21st day of March ; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-day is the Sunday after.' The old... | |
 | Pathway - 1858 - 262 pages
...Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun Week. Easter Day, on which all the other moveable feasts depend, is always the first Sunday after the full moon, which happens...next after the 21st of March; and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to... | |
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RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLYDAYS BEGIN. EASTER DAY, on which the rest depend, is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March ; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday,... 
