Vocabulary : Easing to Easternmost

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East : The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. ;; The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East. ;; Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West. ;; Toward the rising sun; or toward the p
East Indian : Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. ;; A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.
Easter : An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask. ;; The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day. ;; To veer to the east; -- said of the wind.
Easter lily : Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter; ;; The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily. ;; The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. ;; The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus). ;; The Atamasco lily.

Easterling : A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic. ;; A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. ;; The smew. ;; Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.
Easterly : Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind. ;; Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage. ;; Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
Eastern : Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries. ;; Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage.
Eastern Church : That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church. It became estranged from the Western, or Roman, Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque, and a separation, begun in the latter part of the 9th century, became final in 1054. The Eastern Church consists of twelve (thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included) mutually independent churches (including among these the Hellenic Church, or Church of Greece, and the Russian Church), using the vernacular (or some ancient form of it) in divine service and varying in many points of detail, but standing in full communion with each other and united as equals in a great federation. The highest five authorities are the patriarch of Constantinople, or ecumenical patriarch (whose position is not one of supremacy, but of precedence), th
Easternmost : Most eastern.

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