passion play Meaning of "passion play"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a play representing the Passion of Christ

Usage(s):

  1. Baseball may no longer be America's pastime, but it has always been Boston's passion play.
  2. Terri Schiavo, once a private, ordinary woman, had no choice about whether her death would be a passion play for an audience caught in an argument over when life begins and ends.
  3. Unlike the world-famed performance at Oberammergau, Sezze's passion play is performed in the streets of the village by 1,500 of its citizens.
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