plural passions
Definition of passion
1
often capitalized
a
: the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death
b
: an oratorio based on a gospel narrative of the Passion
Bach's St. Matthew Passion
3
: the state or capacity of being acted on by external agents or forces
moldable and not moldable … and many other passions of matter— Francis Bacon
4a(1)
: emotion
his ruling passion is greed
(2)
passions plural
: the emotions as distinguished from reason
a study of the passions
b
: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction
with enough passion to make a great poet— W. B. Yeats
c
: an outbreak of anger
a crime of passion
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The first known use of passion was in the 13th century
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