Passion week
1Passion Week — Passion Pas sion, n. [F., fr. L. passio, fr. pati, passus, to suffer. See {Patient}.] 1. A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ between the… …
2Passion Week — is a name given to the week beginning at the Fifth Sunday in Lent, where this Sunday is or was known as Passion Sunday. It is the week immediately preceding Holy Week.Although Holy Week, which more explicitly concerns the Passion of Christ, might …
3Passion Week — Pas′sion Week n. 1) rel the week preceding Easter; Holy Week 2) rel the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
4Passion Week — /ˈpæʃən wik/ (say pashuhn week) noun 1. the week preceding Easter; Holy Week. 2. the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday …
5Passion Week — 1. the week preceding Easter; Holy Week. 2. the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …
6PASSION WEEK — is properly the week preceding Holy Week, but in common English usage the name is given to Holy Week itself, i. e. to the week immediately preceding Easter, commemorating Christ s passion …
7Passion Week — noun Date: 15th century 1. Holy Week 2. the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday …
8Passion Week — noun 1》 the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday. 2》 older name for Holy Week …
9Passion Week — The week before Holy Week. This name should not be applied to the last week of Lent, which is properly called Holy Week, or as called by the primitive Christians, the Great Week …
10Passion Week — noun the week before Easter • Syn: ↑Holy Week • Hypernyms: ↑week, ↑hebdomad • Part Holonyms: ↑church calendar, ↑ecclesiastical calendar …
