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Passion noun
1 (usually the Passion) the suffering and death of Christ.
2 an account of this from one of the Gospels.
3 a musical setting of one of these accounts.

passion noun
1 a violent emotion, eg hate, anger or envy.
2 a fit of anger. 3 sexual love or desire.
4 a an enthusiasm • has a passion for bikes; b something for which one has great enthusiasm • Bikes are his passion.
5 martyrdom.
ETYMOLOGY: 12c: French, from Latin passio, from pati to suffer.

pas-sion

–noun

1.	any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.

2.	strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.

3.	strong sexual desire; lust.

4.	an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.

5.	a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.

6.	a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.

7.	the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.

8.	an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.

9.	violent anger.

10.	the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, esp. something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action ).

11.

(often initial capital letter

) Theology.

a.	the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.

b.	the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.

12.	Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.

Origin:
1125–75; ME (< OF) < ML passiōn- (s. of passiō) Christ's sufferings on the cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these (> late OE passiōn), special use of LL passiō suffering, submission, deriv. of L passus, ptp. of patī to suffer, submit; see -ion