Passiontide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Passiontide
Example Sentences
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Renaissance choral music for Passiontide and Easter, with works by Guillaume Du Fay, Ludwig Senfl, Orlande de Lassus, Cristóbal de Morales and Byrd; Pomerium, an a cappella ensemble.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2014
Shrouds placed on the corpses were purple, the color of Passiontide, or, for New Agers, the color of those who have passed to a higher plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bah! that was cooked at Passiontide when you went to Booth's Edge.
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh
Monday, April 9, 1888, being the Feast of the Annunciation, transferred from Passiontide, was the day chosen for me to enter the Carmel.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)
But Ferias in Advent, and in Lent, in Passiontide, Paschal time and September Ember days have proper antiphons.
From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.
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