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passionary

American

[pash-uh-ner-ee] / ˈpæʃ əˌnɛr i /

noun

passional.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

passionaries

plural

Etymology

Origin of passionary

1490–1500; < Medieval Latin passiōnārium, equivalent to Late Latin passiōn- passion + Latin -ārium -ary

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