Passion Sunday
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Passion Sunday
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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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)
Against those who misuse passages of Scripture, and who pride themselves in finding one which seems to favour their error.—The chapter for Vespers, Passion Sunday, the prayer for the king.
From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise
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
Thus the 6th Sunday is called Palm Sunday; the 5th, Passion Sunday.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
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
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