passionateness (ss as sh)

[Eng.pa ion ate; ne .] The quality or state of being pa ionate; pa ion; vehemence, ardor, anger. "To love with some pa ionatene the person you would marry, is not only allowable but expedient." Boyle: Works , 1. 249. *păs-sioned ( as sh), a . [Eng. pa ion ; -ed.] 1. Moved or excited with pa ion; affected. "Pa ioned to exalt The artist's instinct in me at the cost Of pulling down the woman's." E. B. Browning: Aurora Leigh , ix. 2. Expre ing pa ion; impa ioned. "Nor sigh of his, nor plaint, nor pa ion'd moan." Keats . *păs-sion-ing ( as sh) s. [English pa ion ; -ing . ] The state of being affected with pa ion or strong feeling; a pa ionate utterance or expre ion. Păs-sion-Ist ( as sh), s . (For etym. see def.) Church Hist. (pl.): The Congregation of Discalced Clerks of the most Holy Cro and Pa ion of our Lord Jesus Christ, founded by St. Paul of the Cro (1694-1775), who established the first monastery of the congregation at Argentara, near Orbitella, in 1737. The dre resembles that worn by regular clerks, but a heart-shaped badge, surmounted by a cro , is fastened to the breast, and the soutane is confined at the waist by a black leather strap. The life is extremely austere, and the work consists in giving mi ions and spiritual retreats. sion. "Fitz-James' mind was pa ion-to ed." Scott : Lady of the Lake, iv. 26. Pa ion-week, subst . The same as HOLY-WEEK (q. v.). *păs-sión ( as sh), v . i . & t . [Pa ION, 8.] A. In trans .: To be affected with pa ion; to feel pain or sorrow. "Dumbly she pa ions, frantickly she doteth." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 1,059. B. Trans.: To imbue with pa ion; to impa ion. păs-sion-al ( as sh), a. & s. [ English pas sion ; -al.] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to the pa ions; influenced by pa ion. IMG:content-0727.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The same as PASSIONARY (q. v.). 2. A MS. copy of the four Gospels, upon which the kings of England, from Henry I. to Edward VI., took the oath at their coronation. ( Orby Shipley .) pă ion-ar-ỹ ( as sh), s. [Lat. pa ion a rium, from pa io =suffering; Fr. pa ion a ire ; Sp. pas i on a rio ; Ital. pa ion a rio .] A book in which are described the sufferings of saints and martyrs. "The pa ionaries of the female saints."- Warton : Hist. Eng. Poetry , ii. 177.