Passion Sunday
[tr. med.L. Dominica in Passione.]
The fifth Sunday in Lent; reckoned as the beginning of Passion-tide. (In the R.C. Ch. suppressed as a separate observance in 1969.)
| a 1400 Wyclif's Bible IV. 686 (Table of Lessons, etc.) Passioun Sonday..Palme Sonday..Estir day. 1517 R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 2 Passion Sonday, the xxix Day of Marche. [Easter Sunday was 12 April.] 1559–60 Croscombe Church-w. Acc. (Som. Rec. Soc.) 48 Paid for bred and wyne from passyng Sonday. 1623–4 Laud Diary 14 Mar., Passion Sunday I preached at Westminster. [Easter Sunday was 28 Mar.] 1657 Sparrow Bk. Com. Prayer 154, 5. Sunday [in Lent]. This is called Passion Sunday. 1777 Brand Pop. Antiq. 327 Durand tells us, that on Passion Sunday the Church began her public Grief, remembering the Mystery of the Cross, the Vinegar, the Gall, the Reed, the Spear, &c. 1903 Ch. Times 9 Apr. 476/4 The fifth Sunday in Lent is Passion Sunday, and marks the commencement of Passiontide. Holy Week, also called Passion Week, commences with Palm Sunday. |