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 as a description of the holiday than an actual name is Tensae (Ge'ez: ትንሣኤ) which means "to rise". While Fasika (ፋሲካ) is a more widespread and traditional term for Easter. Some non-Indo-European languages have unique etymologies for Easter. Some Slavic languages call it the Great Night, such as the Czech "Velikonoce" from "veliký" (great) + "-o-" + "noc" (night). In Hungarian, Easter is "húsvét"—literally, "taking the meat," a reference to traditional customs of abstaining entirely from eating meat during Lent. In Finnish language Easter is "Pääsiäinen" which implies 'release' or 'liberation'. The word was created by Finnish bishop and bible