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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Paschal term}}{{lb|en|historical}} {{synonym of|en|Paschal term|t=the [[fourteenth#Adjective|fourteenth]] [[day#Noun|day]] of the [[first#Adjective|first]] [[lunar month]] of [[spring#Noun|spring]], formerly [[use#Verb|used]] in [[calculate|calculating]] [[date#Noun|dates]]}}.
2. {{senseid|en|law}}{{lb|en|law}} The [[third#Adjective|third]] [[term#Noun|term]] of the [[legal#Adjective|legal]] [[year]], [[run#Verb|running]] from [[April]] to [[May]], during which the [[upper#Adjective|upper]] [[court#Noun|courts]] of [[England and Wales]], and [[Ireland]], [[sit#Verb|sit]] to [[hear#Verb|hear]] [[case#Noun|cases]].
3. {{lb|en|by extension|education}} The [[summer#Noun|summer]] term of the {{w|University of Cambridge}}, and other [[educational#Adjective|educational]] [[institution]]s, running from April to [[June]]; [[equivalent#Adjective|equivalent]] to [[Trinity term]] at the [[university|universities]] of [[w:University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[w:University of Dublin|Dublin]]. The term was [[model#Verb|modelled]] after the legal term, but does not [[begin#Verb|begin]] and [[end#Verb|end]] on the same dates.

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