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passion plays

passion plays is the plural of passion play.

Meaning of passion play

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.

Questions about passion plays

What is passion plays the plural of?
Passion plays is the plural of passion play.

Words near passion plays in the dictionary

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

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