Passiontide

American  

[pash-uhn-tahyd] / ˈpæʃ ənˌtaɪd /

noun

1. the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.

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Passiontide British  

/ ˈpæʃənˌtaɪd /

noun

1. the last two weeks of Lent, extending from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday

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Etymology

Origin of Passiontide

First recorded in 1840–50; passion + tide ¹

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Passiontide

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

But Ferias in Advent, and in Lent, in Passiontide, Paschal time and September Ember days have proper antiphons.

From The Divine Office by Edward J. Quigley

This was probably the frontal used in Passiontide, i.e., from Passion Sunday until Easter.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by George Worley

Bah! that was cooked at Passiontide when you went to Booth's Edge.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson