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Passion play

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Noun
  1. 1
    A play depicting the Passion of Christ.
  2. 2
    a play representing the Passion of Christ wordnet
  3. 3
    Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.

    "The mysteries of Osiris were celebrated as a passion play, the subject being the sufferings, passion, death and resurrection of Osiris."

  4. 4
    An overly dramatic depiction or enaction of something, especially when not usually dramatic.

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