passion week

pas·sion week

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pash-uh n week]
- /ˈpæʃ ən wik/
- /ˈpæʃ.ən wiːk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pash-uh n week]
- /ˈpæʃ ən wik/

Definitions of passion week words

noun passion week the week preceding Easter; Holy Week. 1
noun passion week the week before Holy Week, beginning with Passion Sunday. 1
noun passion week the week between Passion Sunday and Palm Sunday 0
noun passion week (formerly) Holy Week; the week before Easter 0

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Origin of passion week

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

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Parts of speech for Passion week

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Passion week

passion week popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

passion week usage trend in Literature

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