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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

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The Sunday before Easter when Christians remember Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and hold palm leaves
  • proper noun
translation icon : Domingo de Ramos
  • Written in the vernacular rather than in Latin, it was delivered on Palm Sunday to large German congregations, and it condemned more than just the many brazen breaches of the Concordat that upset the Vatican.

It's got the palms and stuff from Palm Sunday and the cross.

Examples

  • It dawned on me vaguely that it must be sometime close to Palm Sunday or even Easter, since Stan was on his spring break from college.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The liturgy that Egeria describes for the Great Week (Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday) was exhaustive and demanding.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The day before he died was Palm Sunday.

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

  • I'm looking forward to hearing you on Palm Sunday.

    Francis of Assisi (1961)

  • Here also is the reference to the foal and the ass which Christ rode on Palm Sunday.

    Blog text (26)

  • (I was confirmed on March 31, 1984, on Palm Sunday.

    Academic text (1995)

  • It's Palm Sunday.

    The Brothers McMullen (1995)

  • This Bible verse caused such hysteria on Palm Sunday because the people realized the significance: Jesus Christ was he who is to be sent and the expectation of the nations.

    Blog text (26)

  • On Palm Sunday, many Christians gather to celebrate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.

  • The church was beautifully decorated with palm branches for Palm Sunday services.

Synonyms

religious holiday
vsPalm Sunday
4 2.2

A day when people of a faith have ceremonies and celebrate

is a specific observance one week before the resurrection festival honoring a triumphal entry
Christian holy day
vsPalm Sunday
2.6

A holiday that Christians celebrate, like Christmas or Easter

is a single date the week before the resurrection festival honoring a triumphant entry

Surface Forms

Palm Sunday main

Morphology

palm + Sunday

The compound is partially transparent: a learner who knows 'palm' and 'Sunday' can infer it is a Sunday associated with palms and likely a religious observance. However, the specific calendrical meaning (the Sunday before Easter commemorating Jesus' entry into Jerusalem) and its liturgical significance are cultural knowledge not deducible from the constituent words alone.

Etymology

Palm Sunday remembers a scene from the Bible when people welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem. They waved and laid down palm branches as a sign of 'victory' and 'peace', so Christians still use palms and celebrate that Sunday before Easter.