Word.ws English Dictionary

Care Sunday

Care Sunday proper noun: synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.

Proper noun

Care Sunday

  1. (archaic, uncommon) Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
    Synonyms:
    Passion Sunday

Synonyms of Care Sunday

Origin of Care Sunday

From Old English caru (“care”) in its sense of “sorrow, trouble, suffering,” used as a calque of Latin passio (“passion”) in its sense of “suffering”, in reference to the Passion of Christ preceding and during Jesus's crucifixion.

Questions about Care Sunday

What does Care Sunday mean?
Care Sunday means synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
What part of speech is Care Sunday?
Care Sunday is a proper noun.

Words near Care Sunday in the dictionary

  1. care killed a cat
  2. care killed the cat
  3. care of
  4. care package
  5. care packages
  6. Care Sunday
  7. care worker
  8. care workers
  9. care-experienced
  10. care-giver
  11. care-givers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Care Sunday (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Care Sunday.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/care_sunday. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.