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passus

[ pas-uhs ]

noun

, plural pas·sus, pas·sus·es.
  1. a section or division of a story, poem, etc.; canto.


passus

/ ˈpæsəs /

noun

  1. (esp in medieval literature) a division or section of a poem, story, etc
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passus1

1565–75; < Medieval Latin, Latin: step. See pace 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of passus1

C16: from Latin: step, pace 1
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Example Sentences

Most people falling in love with, say, Dido’s Lament by Henry Purcell – apparently the UK’s favourite aria – are unlikely to be getting their kicks from spotting that passus duriusculus; it’s probably not being able to identify the tierce de Picardie at the end of Dvorák’s New World Symphony that makes it endure.

Skeat, B, passus V, ll. 153-65.

Propter alteram quid non passus?

Patricius prædicabat Scotis Passus multos labores in Latio Ut venirent in die judicii Quos convertit ad vitam æternam.

Maledicat illos Maledicat illum Dei Filius qui pro homine passus est.

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