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

Thus the 6th Sunday is called Palm Sunday; the 5th, Passion Sunday.

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

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

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)

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