Passion Week

American  

noun

1. the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.

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

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Passion Week British  

noun

1. the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday

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

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Etymology

Origin of Passion Week

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Faulkner has stayed close to the Passion Week.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee

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

In 1784 he published, with an Italian title-page, the music annually performed in the pope's chapel at Rome during Passion Week.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Others restrict the term Holy Week to the week commencing with Palm-Sunday, and call the week preceding that Passion Week.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous