Passion Week

noun

the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.

the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday.

Origin of Passion Week

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby Passion Week

passionless, passion pit, passion play, Passion Sunday, Passiontide, Passion Week, passivate, passive, passive-aggressive, passive-aggressive personality, passive anaphylaxis

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Example sentences from the Web for Passion Week

It is Passion-week, too; and that's not a week to play the heathen.
A Terrible Temptation|Charles Reade
And thus Passion-week tells all men in what true goodness lies.
Westminster Sermons|Charles Kingsley
Shrove-Tuesday was marked by a ball, and Passion-week by promenades and concerts.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
He who has learnt the lesson of Passion-week, and practises it; he and he only is a good man.
Westminster Sermons|Charles Kingsley

In Passion-week pilgrims come to pray at the several "stations" along the route to the figurative Calvary at the end of the Via.
Spanish Vistas|George Parsons Lathrop

British Dictionary definitions for Passion Week

Passion Week

noun

the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday

(formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	passion week
释义	Passion Week noun the week preceding Easter; Holy Week. the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday. Origin of Passion Week Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400 Words nearby Passion Week passionless, passion pit, passion play, Passion Sunday, Passiontide, Passion Week, passivate, passive, passive-aggressive, passive-aggressive personality, passive anaphylaxis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Passion Week It is Passion-week, too; and that's not a week to play the heathen. A Terrible Temptation\|Charles Reade And thus Passion-week tells all men in what true goodness lies. Westminster Sermons\|Charles Kingsley Shrove-Tuesday was marked by a ball, and Passion-week by promenades and concerts. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete\|Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne He who has learnt the lesson of Passion-week, and practises it; he and he only is a good man. Westminster Sermons\|Charles Kingsley In Passion-week pilgrims come to pray at the several "stations" along the route to the figurative Calvary at the end of the Via. Spanish Vistas\|George Parsons Lathrop British Dictionary definitions for Passion Week Passion Week noun the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday (formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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