passion play
noun
variants
often Passion play
: a dramatic representation of the scenes connected with the passion and crucifixion of Jesus
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Even they’re relegated to little more than supporting players and symbolic representations of troubled youth straight out of a BBC kitchen-sink passion play.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Worried over his role in the unfolding passion play, Slusser left Atlanta to return to the Midwest.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
For us as Jews, Easter has far more sinister overtones — of the passages from the Gospels that gave birth to modern antisemitism, of passion plays, pogroms, and emotional fuel for the literal fires that consumed our people.
—Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Brands that recognize this shift and approach sponsorships strategically (not as passion plays) will see the greatest returns.
—Tracy Call, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Worried over his role in the unfolding passion play, Slusser left Atlanta to return to the Midwest.
—Martin Padgett
june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
For us as Jews, Easter has far more sinister overtones — of the passages from the Gospels that gave birth to modern antisemitism, of passion plays, pogroms, and emotional fuel for the literal fires that consumed our people.
—Joshua Stanton, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Brands that recognize this shift and approach sponsorships strategically (not as passion plays) will see the greatest returns.
—Tracy Call, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for passion play
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“Passion play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passion%20play. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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