Passion Sunday

American  

noun

1. the fifth Sunday in Lent, being the second week before Easter.

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Passion Sunday British  

noun

1. the fifth Sunday in Lent (the second Sunday before Easter), when Passiontide begins

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Etymology

Origin of Passion Sunday

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

There was a silence until a well-informed little girl breathed through her nose that it was called Passion Sunday.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton

On Passion Sunday, 1401, the townsfolk and the occupants of the castle were gathered in the church, when a cry was raised that the enemy had swarmed over the walls and were in the town.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

About Passion Sunday, the khan went before with his small houses only, leaving the great ones behind, and the monk and we followed.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

In the meantime, Stephen had pushed on to the north, leaving on Passion Sunday, with orders from Fray Marcos not to go further than fifty or sixty leagues ahead.

From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton

The Fifth Sunday is called Passion Sunday, from the fact that on that day the Church begins the solemn recital of our Lord's sufferings.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James