Care Sunday

English

Etymology

From Old English caru (“care”) in its sense of “sorrow, trouble, suffering,” used as a calque of Latin passio (“passion”) in its sense of “suffering”, in reference to the Passion of Christ preceding and during Jesus's crucifixion.

Proper noun

Care Sunday

  1. (uncommon, archaic) Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.

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