Easter term

Meaning

Noun

• The third term of the legal year, running from April to May, during which the upper courts of England and Wales, and Ireland, sit to hear cases.
• The summer term of the University of Cambridge, and other educational institutions, running from April to June. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.

Origin

• Easter + term. The word Easter is from Old English ēastre, apparently from Ēastre, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ. The Christian feast day of Easter, which falls between 22 March and 25 April, often occurs during this term.