of, relating to, or due to passion or the passions
noun
2.
a book recounting the sufferings of Christian martyrs or saints
passional in American English
(ˈpæʃʃənəl)
adjective
of, characterized by, or due to passion
passional in American English
(ˈpæʃənl)
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or marked by passion
2.
caused or accompanied by passion
a passional crime
noun
3.
a book containing descriptions of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their festivals
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME ‹ ML passiōnālis, equiv. to LL passiōn-passion + L -ālis-al1; (n.) ‹ ML passiōnāle, n. use of neut. of passiōnālis]This word is first recorded in the period 1400–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gallery, oblique, structure, trunk, union