passion play

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   a play representing the Passion of Christ

   Broaderplay

Questions about passion play

What does passion play mean?

passion play means "a play representing the Passion of Christ".

Is passion play a common word?

passion play is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.