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spring equinox

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spring equinox [′spriŋ ′ē·kwə‚näks]
(astronomy)


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Chesapeake Bay boaters: March 20--the vernal equinox--is also the date for Spring Equinox Sock Burning, also known as the Eastport Sock Burning.
by a short hike, led by Cook, to mark the spring equinox.
I find it interesting that the Christian tradition has preserved the natural roots of our greatest festival, Easter, growing as it does out of the timing of Passover, because it is connected to the first full moon after the spring equinox (in the northern hemisphere).
 
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