passion play
or Passion Play
a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
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How to use passion play in a sentence
The game has become our modern passion play, self-destruction as our highest form of heroism.
Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel | Steve Almond | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHere we have a typical instance of a passion play of the olden time maintaining itself.
Education: How Old The New | James J. WalshOf all popular festivities in Belgium this is the nearest approach to the old passion play.
Without the passion play season the demand for their product would not be so great.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. NicholsFor all the light and shadow of sentiment and passion play even about the syllogism.
A Preface to Politics | Walter Lippmann
It was the last day of the passion play, and the great dramatic mission was drawing to a close.
The Right of Way, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for Passion play
a play depicting the Passion of Christ
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