Passion Week

noun

1. the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.

2. the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday.

Passion Week

noun

1. the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday

2. (formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter

Word History and Origins

Origin of Passion Week¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

He composed "Passion Week" when religious music was forbidden under Communism.

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Steinberg’s conversion may initially have been one of convenience, but to judge from the conviction that “Passion Week” exudes, he internalized it completely.

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The Sistine Chapel is associated in the minds of all Roman sojourners with the great ceremonies of the Church, but especially with the Miserere of Passion Week.

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Mr. Hoare returned to Tunbridge Wells for Passion Week, and was stricken down by the deadly fever which had taken hold of him in Rome. 

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Not all the brothers feel bound to perform this penitential service every Passion Week, and, indeed, not all the brotherhoods.

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