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Definition of Passion play
1. Noun. A play representing the Passion of Christ.
Definition of Passion play
1. Noun. A play depicting the Passion of Christ or any analogous religious story of martyrdom, such as the Muslim ''ta'ziya''. ¹
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Literary usage of Passion play
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of Bibliography and Dramatic Index by Frederick Winthrop Faxon, Mary Estella Bates, Anne C. Sutherland (1917)
"(The fame of the Oberammergau passion play rests chiefly on this book, ...
An account of the passion play.) Beyträge zur Geschichte, Topographie und ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"This motive, apparently found in the Middle Ages only in the Heidelberg passion
play (manuscript of 1513), which, for instance, prefigures Jesus and the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From these humble beginnings the passion play must have developed very rapidly,
... The oldest Frankfort passion play, that of Canon Baldemar yon ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From these humble beginnings the passion play must have developed very rapidly,
... The oldest Frankfort passion play, that of Canon Baldemar von ..."
5. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1894)
"AS" " The decadal period was chosen for 1680, and the passion play has been enacted,
... The passion play is, however, of much older date than this. ..."
6. The Theatre: An Essay Upon the Non-accordancy of Stage-plays with the by Josiah Woodward Leeds (1884)
"Repeatedly defeated in his purpose of having the " passion play ... both the
public at large and the judicial The"passion play" authorities had declared it ..."
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