holy week

1. 1.

   the week before Easter

   SynonymsPassion Week

   Broaderweek

   Part ofchurch calendar

Questions about holy week

What does holy week mean?

holy week means "the week before Easter".

What is another word for holy week?

Close synonyms include Passion Week. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy week a common word?

holy week is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.