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passion play

passion play noun: a play depicting the Passion of Christ.

Noun

passion play (plural passion plays)

  1. A play depicting the Passion of Christ.
  2. Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.
    • The mysteries of Osiris were celebrated as a passion play, the subject being the sufferings, passion, death and resurrection of Osiris.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 46
  3. An overly dramatic depiction or enaction of something, especially when not usually dramatic.

Forms of passion play

pluralpassion plays

Questions about passion play

What does passion play mean?
Passion play means a play depicting the Passion of Christ.
What part of speech is passion play?
Passion play is a noun.
What is the plural of passion play?
The plural of passion play is passion plays.

Words near passion play in the dictionary

  1. passion killer
  2. passion killers
  3. passion of a convert
  4. passion pit
  5. passion pits
  6. passion play
  7. passion plays
  8. passion point
  9. passion points
  10. passion pop
  11. passion potion

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