PASSION

(Lut. patior, I suffer.) The sufferings of our Lord, which is described as having endured between the Last Supper and the moment of his death. Pa ion week is that in the course of which these sufferings took place; namely, that Immediately preceding Easter. i,See as to its solemn ceremonial in the Romish Church, this article in the Encyclopedia of Ersch aHd Gruber.) It was variously called Hcbdvmada luctuosa, invfficiosa, panosa, indutgentia, nigra, sanrta. ultima. [s. 919]