Passion

pash′un, n. power of feeling pain or suffering: strong feeling or agitation of mind, esp. rage: ardent love: eager desire: state of the soul when receiving an impre ion: suffering or pa ive condition, as opposed to Action : the sufferings, esp. the death, of Christ: ( pl. ) excited conditions of mind.— ns. Pa iflō′ra , a genus of climbing herbs or shrubs, the pa ion-flowers; Pa ′ional , Pa ′ionary , a book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs.— adjs. Pa ′ional , influenced by pa ion; Pa ′ionate , moved by pa ion: showing strong and warm feeling: easily moved to anger: intense.— adv. Pa ′ionately .— n. Pa ′i on a ten e .— adj. Pa ′ioned , moved by pa ion: expre ing pa ion.— ns. Pa ′ion-flow′er , a flower so called from a fancied resemblance to a crown of thorns, the emblem of Christ's pa ion; Pa ′ionist ( R.C. ), one of a religious congregation devoted to the commemoration of the Pa ion of Christ by mi ions, .— adj. Pa ′i on le , free from pa ion: not easily excited to anger.— n. Pa ′ion-mū′sic , music to which words describing the sufferings and death of Christ are set.— adj. Pa ′ion-pale ( Tenn. ), pale with pa ion.— ns. Pa ′ion-play , a religious drama representing the sufferings and death of Christ; Pa ′ion-Sun′day , the fifth Sunday in Lent; Pa ′ion-week , name commonly given in England to Holy-week (as being the week of Christ's pa ion); but, according to proper rubrical usage, the week preceding Holy-week. [Fr.,—L. pa io , pa ion is — pa us , pa.p. of pat i , to suffer.]