Passion Week
Americannoun
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the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
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the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday.
noun
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the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday
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(formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter
Etymology
Origin of Passion Week
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Faulkner has stayed close to the Passion Week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Can any modern self-appointed committee get up a better and more effective program than our historic Passion Week services, crowned with its Easter communion?
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)
Now the next morning, answering to our Monday in Passion Week, Jesus and His disciples returned into the city.
From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary
Holy Week, the last week in Lent, called also Passion Week, because within it is commemorated our Lord’s sufferings.
From Our Calendar by Packer, George Nichols
And he made up his mind to get an insight into Taras's heart if possible, hoping the confessional in Passion Week would yield the opportunity.
From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil
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