Passiontide

[ pash-uhn-tahyd ]

noun

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

Passiontide

/ ˈpæʃənˌtaɪd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Passiontide¹

First recorded in 1840–50; passion + tide ¹

Example Sentences

This trend suggests that the songs of Christmas and the songs of Passiontide, or Easter, were once linked, narratively, as in the ancient and still-cherished ‘Coventry Carol’, a lullaby that originated in a Passiontide community play, or ‘Mystery’ Play, for performance during Holy Week.

From Literature

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

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 Project Gutenberg

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

Indigo and white were used on St. John's Day and on the Dedication Festival; in Advent, indigo; at Passiontide, red, and on Palm Sunday, "except one cope of black for the part of Caiaphas" at the singing of the Passion; red, too, on Maunday Thursday, but with a banner of white.

From Project Gutenberg