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Easter lily   /ˈistər lˈɪli/   Listen
noun
Easter lily  n.  (Bot.) Any one of various lilies or lilylike flowers which bloom about Easter; specif.:
(a)
The common white lily (Lilium candidum), called also Annunciation lily.
(b)
The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily.
(c)
The daffodil (Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus).
(d)
The Atamasco lily.






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"Easter lily" Quotes from Famous Books



... as fast as lives are unfolded to the Christ Consciousness, they leave the old thought life like an empty tomb and push themselves into a glorious human expression, just as the Easter lily rising above the dust and mould of earth, pushes itself upward into the clear sunlight of a world where flowers are revealed, just so the soul pushes on through consciousness and self-consciousness, into the glory of the ...
— Freedom Talks No. II • Julia Seton, M.D.

... never contradicts itself; as fast as lives are unfolded to the Christ Consciousness, they leave the old thought life like an empty tomb and push themselves into a glorious human expression, just as the Easter lily rising above the dust and mould of earth, pushes itself upward into the clear sunlight of a world where flowers are revealed, just so the soul pushes on through consciousness and self-consciousness, into the glory of ...
— Freedom Talks No. II • Julia Seton, M.D.

... reposoirs, and the children and the fine ladies walking—through the streets, and then, all kneeling—when Monseigneur l'Archeveque prays. Ah yes, it is a fine sight." They nod, and smile, and then they turn to light a taper, and to consult about the placing of a certain vase from out of which an Easter lily towers. ...
— In and Out of Three Normady Inns • Anna Bowman Dodd

... sweet as an Easter lily—stood before her like an incarnate memory, pointing toward the past, the far-distant past, when she, too, was young, and pretty, and innocent, and gay—too pretty and too gay for a poor working girl! That was where the ...
— A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others • Various

... back: she is sixteen, with braids down her back. She carries an Easter lily in a pot. Without seeing, or pretending not to see Benjamin, she puts the lily on the dining table and then goes and gets a water-bottle from the sideboard and waters the plant. Then seats herself near dining table right opposite ...
— Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter • August Strindberg



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