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‖ passus|ˈpæsəs|
[L. passus step, pace; in med.L. passage of a book, etc.]
A section, division, or canto of a story or poem. (Used in reference to mediæval works in which it was used as Latin.) Cf. pace n.1 12, pass n.1 2.
[a1400–50Alexander p. 7 Secundus passus Alexandri. a1400Langland's P. Pl. C. p. 15 (MS. Cott. Vesp. B. xvi.) Hic incipit secundus passus de uisione Willelmi de petro plouhman.] 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 42 At this, the minstrell made a pauz & a curtezy, for Primus passus. 1885Skeat Langland's P. Pl. Gen. Pref. p. xi, MS. Rawl. Poet. 137 contained a complete copy of the A-text, and preserved the whole of Passus XII. Ibid. p. xv, Prefixed to the Notes on each Passus of the C-text is a Scheme of Contents. |