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Passion Week

noun

  1. the week preceding Easter; Holy Week.
  2. the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday.


Passion Week

noun

  1. the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday
  2. (formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter
“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 Passion Week1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
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Example Sentences

He composed "Passion Week" when religious music was forbidden under Communism.

From US News

Steinberg’s conversion may initially have been one of convenience, but to judge from the conviction that “Passion Week” exudes, he internalized it completely.

The Sistine Chapel is associated in the minds of all Roman sojourners with the great ceremonies of the Church, but especially with the Miserere of Passion Week.

Mr. Hoare returned to Tunbridge Wells for Passion Week, and was stricken down by the deadly fever which had taken hold of him in Rome. 

Not all the brothers feel bound to perform this penitential service every Passion Week, and, indeed, not all the brotherhoods.

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More About Passion Week

What is Passion Week?

Passion Week is another name for Holy Week, the week before Easter, from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday.

Passion Week can also refer to the week before Holy Week, beginning on the Sunday known as Passion Sunday. This two-week period from Passion Sunday to Easter Sunday is sometimes called Passiontide.

Easter is the holiday on which Christians celebrate Jesus’s resurrection. The days leading up to Easter Sunday are based on the biblical account of the events that occurred that week, including Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday), the Last Supper (Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday), and his crucifixion and death (Good Friday).

The dates of Passion Week depend on the date of Easter, which moves every year.

Where does Passion Week come from?

The first records of the term Passion Week come from the 1300s. In this context, the word Passion is used to refer to the period of trials and suffering that Jesus experienced before his death, or the biblical account of these events. The word Passion is used in the same way in the term Passion Play.

Passion Week can include a variety of church services, with different ones held on different days.

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How is Passion Week used in real life?

Passion Week is more commonly called Holy Week. But it can also refer to the week before Holy Week.

 

 

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Passion Week starts on Easter.

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