Palm Sunday

noun

1. the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

Palm Sunday

noun

1. the Sunday before Easter commemorating Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Palm Sunday

1. The Sunday before Easter . It is celebrated by Christians (see also Christian ) to commemorate the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem ) five days before his Crucifixion . On that occasion, the people of Jerusalem laid palm leaves in his path as a sign of welcome. Palms are carried or worn by worshipers in many churches on Palm Sunday.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Palm Sunday¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

Christ the Good Shepherd had been preparing for Palm Sunday later this month.

From Seattle Times

During the weekend that followed—that of Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week in Christianity—“Christ Is King” trended on the platform, in part because of the holiday, and in part because of Fuentes gleefully pushing his followers to spam the site with a coded antisemitic rallying cry.

From Slate

The destruction came barely a week before the ninth anniversary of the Palm Sunday tornadoes of April 11, 1965, which killed 250 persons and resulted in the most property damage ever reported from such storms in Ohio.

From Seattle Times

Those ailments came to the fore last week when Francis skipped the homily, a sermon central to the Mass service, on Palm Sunday, and then forewent the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum — an event he missed in 2023 because he was recovering from bronchitis.

From New York Times

On Palm Sunday, he skipped his homily altogether.

From Seattle Times