passion

noun

• 1 [mass noun] strong and barely controllable emotion:a man of impetuous passion
• [in singular] a state or outburst of strong emotion:oratory in which he gradually works himself up into a passion
• intense sexual love:their all-consuming passion for each other [in singular]:she nurses a passion for Thomas
• [in singular] an intense desire or enthusiasm for something:the English have a passion for gardens
• [count noun] a thing arousing great enthusiasm:modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill’s

• 2 (the Passion) the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ
• an account of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
• a musical setting of any of the biblical accounts of the Passion:an aria from Bach’s St Matthew Passion