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passionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sion-ary
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A book in which the sufferings of saints and martyrs are described

Etymology

From Middle English passyonarye, from Medieval Latin passiōnārium, from Late Latin passiō, passiōn- (“suffering, enduring; passion”) + Latin -ārium (“-ary”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: passyonarye, passiōnārium, passiō, -ārium

Inflected Forms

passionaries (plural)

Questions

What does passionary mean?
A book in which the sufferings of saints and martyrs are described
Where does passionary come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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