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Easter Esoterica: Ancient Rituals & Symbols
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Leporid's movement, cryptically tied to symbolic Easter creatures
  • 2. To rise from the dead, central theme of Easter doctrine
  • 3. Insect cryptically linked to spring and verdant renewal symbolism
  • 4. Consecrated or revered, as the Easter season's sacred status
  • 6. Blessed liquid used in rites of purification during Easter ceremonies
  • 7. Charitable act often prescribed during Lenten observances
  • 12. Pertaining to the Jewish or Christian Easter feast day
  • 13. Almond-shaped halo often framing Christ in resurrection art
  • 14. Instrument of passion, emblematic in Easter iconography
  • 15. Describing the austere period preluding Easter Sunday observances
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  • 5. Evening prayers often said during Holy Week vigils
  • 8. Fragile casing concealing the symbol of new life at Easter
  • 9. Liturgical term for Easter's fifty-day festival period
  • 10. Playful motion mimicking symbol of fertility at Easter time
  • 11. Christian feast celebrating manifestation, linked to post-Easter revelation
  • 16. Rite embodying Christ's resurrection in Christian tradition
  • 17. Aromatic substance burnt in Easter liturgies to signify prayers
  • 18. Spring flower emblematic of rebirth and Easter's dawn
  • 19. Pertaining to springtime, the season when Easter occurs

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