Palm Sunday
noun
: the Sunday before Easter celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Last week, the pontiff skipped his homily during Palm Sunday Mass.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
In the week or so approaching Palm Sunday in 1942, Carroll County basked with delight in temperatures in the 70s.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
For a second successive Sunday, the cherry blossoms remained in bloom in the capital, displaying their brilliant whiteness against a bright blue sky on Palm Sunday, this year’s first Sunday of astronomical spring.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2024
Last week, the pontiff skipped his homily during Palm Sunday Mass.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
In the week or so approaching Palm Sunday in 1942, Carroll County basked with delight in temperatures in the 70s.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
For a second successive Sunday, the cherry blossoms remained in bloom in the capital, displaying their brilliant whiteness against a bright blue sky on Palm Sunday, this year’s first Sunday of astronomical spring.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Palm Sunday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Palm%20Sunday. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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