Passiontide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Passiontide
Example Sentences
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Renaissance choral music for Passiontide and Easter, with works by Guillaume Du Fay, Ludwig Senfl, Orlande de Lassus, Cristóbal de Morales and Byrd; Pomerium, an a cappella ensemble.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2014
Shrouds placed on the corpses were purple, the color of Passiontide, or, for New Agers, the color of those who have passed to a higher plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Ferias in Advent, and in Lent, in Passiontide, Paschal time and September Ember days have proper antiphons.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide, i.e., from Passion Sunday until Easter.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George
It seemed to the excited imaginations of the Piagnoni that the scenes of the first Passiontide at Jerusalem were now being repeated in the streets of fifteenth century Florence.
From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.
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