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Passiontide

American  
[pash-uhn-tahyd] / ˈpæʃ ənˌtaɪd /

noun

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


Passiontide British  
/ ˈpæʃənˌtaɪd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Passiontide

First recorded in 1840–50; passion + tide 1

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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

It seemed to the excited imaginations of the Piagnoni that the scenes of the first Passiontide at Jerusalem were now being repeated in the streets of fifteenth century Florence.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

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.

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)

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