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Definition of Passion Week
1. Noun. The week before Easter.
Generic synonyms: Hebdomad, Week
Group relationships: Church Calendar, Ecclesiastical Calendar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Passion Week
| Pastafarian Pastafarianism Pastafarians Pasternak Pasteur Pasteur's effect Pasteur effect |
Literary usage of Passion Week
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In the calendar of the Latin Church, Passion week is the week which begins with
Passion Sunday (Dominica Passionis), ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1859)
"... Thrale—Queen's Arms Club—Constructive Treason—Castes of Men—Passion Week—
Addison—Blackstone—Steele—Educating by Lectures—The Resurrection—Apparitions. ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"MEDITATIONS FOR EVERY I)AY IN Passion Week. MONDAY. God in Christ is all love.
BEHOLD the tender love of God!—behold The Shepherd dying to redeem his fold! ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... was one of the four Recollects who were the first missionaries of Canada.
is recorded that in every Passion week he painted a picture of the Saviour. ..."
5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... Vesper Bells — Passion Week and the Ceremonies pertaining thereto — Ridiculous
Penitencia — Whitewashing of Criminals — Matrimonial Connexions and Mode ..."
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