The season of Easter; the period during and immediately following Easter Sunday, traditionally 40 days (Lent) or the weeks between Easter and Pentecost.
From 'Easter' plus 'tide' (season, from Old English 'tid' meaning time/season). Used in Christian liturgical contexts for over 1000 years to mark the sacred season.
Medieval Christians divided the year into named 'tides' (Eastertide, Christmastide, Whitsuntide)—this poetic seasonal calendar reveals how religion structured time itself in pre-industrial Europe.
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