Passion play
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- noun
- /ˈpæʃən pleɪ/
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representación de la Pasión
- I played Jesus one year and Judas the next in the Passion play performed by our local theater troupe.
- the most famous Passion play
- village Passion play
And it is real if it's a passion play for years.
- And it is real if it's a passion play for years.
Examples
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Interestingly, the film is set in modern times during Holy Week in Ixtapalapa, greater Mexico City's most famous "village" Passion play.
Academic text (1990) -
The Passion plays are glosses of the gospel, and they are true to it in action and detail.
Academic text (1990) -
I have also seen dance worked into, for example, the passion play produced by the local youth group.
Blog text (4) -
Our passion play has now at last begun
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During Holy Week, hundreds of visitors flock to see the Passion play, the most famous and ancient in the region.
Academic text (1990) -
The film centered on the famous Passion play of Ixtapalapa, a town located in the Mexico City metropolitan area.
Academic text (1990) -
The Passion play performed yearly in Tzintzuntzan is one of the oldest in the Lake Patzcuaro region, introduced in 1631 by the Franciscan Father Leso. The currently used text is a nineteenth-century revision that has served as a model for other Passion plays in the area.
Academic text (1990) -
During Holy Week, hundreds of visitors flock to see the Passion play, the most famous and ancient in the region.
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In the Middle Ages, Passion plays often incorporated amazing technology for their time.
Synonyms
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A play from the Middle Ages that tells Bible stories, often about Jesus, performed for people
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A play from the Middle Ages showing events from a saint's life
A play about Bible stories performed in a church on holy days, usually sung in Latin
How Religious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'Passion' (the events of Christ's suffering and death) + 'play' (a staged dramatic work) yields a play dramatizing the Passion, so the meaning can be derived from the parts. This construction is cross-linguistically common and not idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows the religious sense of 'Passion' will readily understand it (note: learners who only know 'passion' as 'strong emotion' might initially be less certain).
Etymology
Passion play started long ago in churches when people acted out the Passion, the trial, suffering and death of Jesus. So a Passion play today still means a 'play' that shows those events.