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Holy Week

noun

  1. the week preceding Easter Sunday.



Holy Week

noun

  1. the week preceding Easter Sunday

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Holy Week1

1700–10; translation of Italian settimana santa
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It’s almost the end of Holy Week, the annual Christian commemoration of the betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

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"As we continue through Holy Week, my heart aches for my husband, who should have been here leading our Easter prayers," she told the crowd outside the Maryland courthouse.

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He suffered from respiratory problems all winter and had to curtail his participation in Holy Week events to save his energy for Easter.

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A mob in Mexico brutally beat a suspected kidnapper to death, hours before Holy Week procession.

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The comparison to Jesus came from a Trump supporter who made a parallel between Trump’s legal troubles, seen as a form of persecution, with Jesus’ persecution and trial during Holy Week.

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