passion
passion strong and barely controllable emotion; the Passion, the suffering and death of Jesus, sometimes including his agony in Gethsemane. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via Old French from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer’.
Instruments of the Passion objects associated with Christ's Passion, such as the Cross, the crown of thorns, and the nails.
passion flower an evergreen climbing plant of warm regions, which bears distinctive flowers with parts that supposedly resemble Instruments of the Passion. The three stigmas are said to correspond to the nails, the five stamens to the wounds, the corona to the crown of thorns, and the ten perianth segments to the apostles. The lobed leaves and tendrils of the plant were also said to represent the hands and scourges of Jesus' torturers.
passion play a dramatic performance representing Jesus's Passion from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
Passion Sunday the fifth Sunday in Lent, the beginning of Passiontide; the Sunday before Palm Sunday. In the Roman Catholic Church this was suppressed as a separate observance in the Second Vatican Council's revision of the Calendar in 1969; instead, the Passion is regarded as commemorated on Palm Sunday, now properly called Passion (Palm) Sunday.
Passion Week the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday; formerly also, the week immediately before Easter, Holy Week.
See also tender passion.
Instruments of the Passion objects associated with Christ's Passion, such as the Cross, the crown of thorns, and the nails.
passion flower an evergreen climbing plant of warm regions, which bears distinctive flowers with parts that supposedly resemble Instruments of the Passion. The three stigmas are said to correspond to the nails, the five stamens to the wounds, the corona to the crown of thorns, and the ten perianth segments to the apostles. The lobed leaves and tendrils of the plant were also said to represent the hands and scourges of Jesus' torturers.
passion play a dramatic performance representing Jesus's Passion from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.
Passion Sunday the fifth Sunday in Lent, the beginning of Passiontide; the Sunday before Palm Sunday. In the Roman Catholic Church this was suppressed as a separate observance in the Second Vatican Council's revision of the Calendar in 1969; instead, the Passion is regarded as commemorated on Palm Sunday, now properly called Passion (Palm) Sunday.
Passion Week the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday; formerly also, the week immediately before Easter, Holy Week.
See also tender passion.
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