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Definition of passional - 2 dictionary results

pas⋅sion⋅al

  [pash-uh-nl]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or marked by passion.
2. caused or accompanied by passion: a passional crime.
–noun
3. a book containing descriptions of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their festivals.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ML passiōnālis, equiv. to LL passiōn- passion + L -ālis -al 1 ; (n.) < ML passiōnāle, n. use of neut. of passiōnālis
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pas·sion·al   (pāsh'ə-nəl)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or filled with passion.
n.  A book of the sufferings of saints and martyrs.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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