Passion Sunday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Passion Sunday
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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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
Passion Sunday, the fifth Sunday in Lent, which is succeeded by what is called the Passion Week.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
St. Benedict died of a fever, which he caught in ministering to the poor, on the eve of Passion Sunday, A.D.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
For five months and eleven days they remained in their winter quarters and on the 23d of March, 1670, being Passion Sunday, they erected a cross as a memorial of their long sojourn.
From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Severance, Frank H.
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
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