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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