Challenge your knowledge of Easter traditions and vocabulary with this medium-difficulty crossword puzzle designed for ESL learners. Covers common customs and symbols related to Easter celebrations.
Esoteric Easter Rites and Symbolism is a hard crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Esoteric Easter Rites and Symbolism
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- 1. A homophone confusion term: practice of reading palms, contrasted with Palm Sunday
- 2. Large candle lit during the Easter Vigil representing the risen Christ
- 3. Adjective pertaining to the crucial Jewish festival foundational to Easter
- 4. Core event of Easter symbolizing Christ’s rising from the dead
- 8. Enveloped with a halo-like radiance, often describing Easter iconography
- 12. Latin term meaning 'Lamb of God,' a symbol used in Easter liturgy
- 13. The feast marking manifestation, preceding Easter in the liturgical calendar
- 14. Traditional Easter egg hunting custom deriving from Greek origins
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- 5. The scholarly study of written accounts, here applied to Easter's origins
- 6. Describes the equinox that synchronizes calendrical Easter calculations
- 7. Relating to the 40-day penitential period preceding Easter Sunday
- 9. Method of execution central to Easter's passion narrative
- 10. Latin phrase represented in art showing Christ mocked before crucifixion
- 11. Woven fabric often depicting biblical Easter narratives in medieval churches
- 15. Theologically significant concept celebrated at Easter representing salvation
- 16. Liturgical exclamation of joy introduced on Easter Sunday after Lenten silence
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