passional

American  

[pash-uh-nl] / ˈpæʃ ə nl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or marked by passion.

2. caused or accompanied by passion.

   a passional crime.

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noun

1. a book containing descriptions of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their festivals.

passional British  

/ ˈpæʃənəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or due to passion or the passions

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noun

1. a book recounting the sufferings of Christian martyrs or saints

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• transpassional
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of passional

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin passiōnālis; equivalent to passion + -al ¹; noun derivative of the adjective

Example Sentences

But the pursuit of beauty, the attainment by "great souls" of the maximum "passional love," still seemed to him "the wonder of civilization."

From Time Magazine Archive

The most obvious reason for the revival of interest in his work is that the "passional" experience of religion�as Schleiermacher called it�makes more sense to modern man than a purely intellectual one.

From Time Magazine Archive

After I had learned other ways of life I used to brood upon the unconscious irony of those who felt that Negroes led so passional an existence!

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

But nay! that is a thought of the old poets, Who sullied life with the passional bitterness Of their world-weary hearts.

From Lundy's Lane and Other Poems by Scott, Duncan Campbell

For example, I may develop a profound and passional love for my mother, in my days of adolescence.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)