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
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
Seville meant to be awfully devout during Passion Week, and awfully jolly the week after.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
"In Lord Kenyon's house," a wit exclaimed, "all the year through it is Lent in the kitchen, and Passion Week in the Parlor."
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
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.
From Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography by Hoare, Edward N.
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