Hilary term Hilary term Hilary term is the second academic term of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin and also Deepdene School near Portslade in East Sussex. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term. All terms are dated from this day in the following way: The term originated in the legal system. The courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Ireland divide the legal year into four terms: Hilary, Easter, Trinity and Michaelmas. At the University of Oxford, following the resolution made
Names of Easter entry for 1122. Although now limited to specialized uses, the terms "the Pasch" or "Pascha" are sometimes used in Modern English. "Pace", a dialect form of "Pasch", is found in Scottish English and in the English of northeastern England, and used especially in combination with the word "egg", as in "Pace Egg play. In nearly all Romance languages, the name of the Easter festival is derived from the Latin "Pascha". In Spanish, Easter is "Pascua", in Italian and Catalan "Pasqua", in Portuguese "Páscoa" and in Romanian "Paşti". In French, the name of Easter is "Pâques" and also derives from the