Passion

pash'un, n. A suffering or enduring; the suffering or crucifixion and death of the Savior; capacity for emotion; strong feeling prompting to action; anger: wrath: love; fondne ; eager desire controlling inclination; the object of love, fondne , ardent inclination, etc. [F.; L. pa io, -on is, pat i, pa us, Gr. pathexn, to suffer; patient, pathos, compa ion, etc.] — Pas's ionate, -at, a. Easily moved to anger; showing pa ion: moved to strong feeling, love, desire, etc. — Pas's ionately, adv. — Pas's i on a ten e , n. — Pas's i on le , a. Void of pa ion: of a calm temper. — Pas's ion flow'er, n. A twining plant of many species, and flower, — fr. a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the in- — struments of our Savior's crucifixirn. Snn'day, n. (Feci.) The 5th Sunday in Lent, or the 2d before Easter. tide, n. The last fortnight of Lent. — -week, n. The week immediately preceding Easter, — in which our Savior's pa ion took place. (R. Cath. Ch.) The last week but one in Lent, or the 2d week before Easter, —the succeeding week being styled Holy week.— Pas's ible, pas'sV-bl, a. Susceptible of feeling or suffering, or of impre ions from external agents. [L. pa ihilis, f pat i.] — Pa ibil'- ity, n. Quality of being, etc. - Pas's ive, -siv, a. Not active, but acted upon; receiving impre ions or influences; incapable of the appropriate excitement or emotion inert quiescent enduring patient. [F. pa if, L. po ivus, fr. pat i, pa us.] — Pa ive obedience. Doctrine that is the duty of the subject to submit, in all cases, to the existing government. — P. verb. (Gram.) A verb which expre es the suffering or the effect of an action of some agent. — Pas's ively, adv. — Pas's ivene , n, Pa word, Past, etc. See under Pa .