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care sunday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables
care -sun-day
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.

Archaic

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: caru, passio

Usage

Phrases

Carling Sunday

Frequently Paired Words

carcake carling Carling Sunday

Synonyms

Passion Sunday

Questions

What does care sunday mean?
Synonym of Passion Sunday: the fifth Sunday in Lent.
Where does care sunday come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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