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Passiontide

[pash-uh n-tahyd]
noun
  1. the two-week period from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday.
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Origin of Passiontide

First recorded in 1840–50; passion + tide1
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British Dictionary definitions for passiontide

Passiontide

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