passion

  • 31Passion —    A setting of one of the four Gospel accounts of Christ’s suffering and death on the cross. The genre sprang from a traditional practice of reading or chanting the passion accounts during Holy Week St. Matthew on Palm Sunday, St. Luke on… …

    Historical dictionary of sacred music

  • 32Passion —          ALAIN (Émile Auguste Chartier, dit)     Bio express : Philosophe et essayiste français (1868 1951)     «Toutes les passions, comme le nom l indique, viennent de ce que l on subit au lieu de gouverner.»     Source : Mars ou la Guerre… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 33passion — n. 1) to arouse, excite, inflame, stir up passion 2) to gratify, satisfy one s passion 3) to curb, restrain one s passion 4) animal, deep, frenzied, wild passion 5) passions run high 6) a passion for (a passion for gambling) 7) (misc.) to fly… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 34passion */*/ — UK [ˈpæʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms passion : singular passion plural passions 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a powerful emotion such as love or anger She spoke with great passion about the plight of the refugees. passions run high (= people become …

    English dictionary

  • 35Passion — n. 1 strong barely controllable emotion. 2 an outburst of anger (flew into a passion). 3 intense sexual love. 4 a strong enthusiasm (has a passion for football). b an object arousing this. 5 (the Passion) a Relig. the suffering of Christ during… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 36passion — n. 1 strong barely controllable emotion. 2 an outburst of anger (flew into a passion). 3 intense sexual love. 4 a strong enthusiasm (has a passion for football). b an object arousing this. 5 (the Passion) a Relig. the suffering of Christ during… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 37passion — pas|sion W3 [ˈpæʃən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin passio suffering , from Latin pati to suffer ] 1.) [U and C] a very strong feeling of sexual love →↑desire ▪ His eyes were burning with passion …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38passion — passionful, adj. passionfully, adv. passionfulness, n. passionlike, adj. /pash euhn/, n. 1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate. 2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor. 3. strong sexual desire; lust. 4. an… …

    Universalium

  • 39passion — [[t]pæ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ passions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Passion is strong sexual feelings towards someone. ...my passion for a dark haired, slender boy named James. ...the expression of love and passion. ...Maggy, the object of his passions.… …

    English dictionary

  • 40passion — 01. My aunt has a real [passion] for art, and travels the world visiting important museums every summer. 02. Jane Goodal spoke [passionately] about the importance of saving the habitat of chimpanzees. 03. The young woman kissed her husband… …

    Grammatical examples in English