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• Palm Sunday — is a Christian moveable feast which always falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Canonical Gospels , and and Matthew quotes this passage from Zechariah when narrating the story of Jesus entry to… …   Wikipedia

• Palm Sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. [bef. 1000; ME; OE] * * * or Passion Sunday In Christianity, the first day of Holy Week and the Sunday before Easter, commemorating Jesus triumphal… …   Universalium

• Palm Sunday — noun Etymology: from the palm branches strewn in Christ s way Date: before 12th century the Sunday before Easter celebrated in commemoration of Christ s triumphal entry into Jerusalem …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Palm Sunday — • The sixth and last Sunday of Lent and beginning of Holy Week Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Palm Sunday     Palm Sunday     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Palm branch (symbol) — Palm fronds A palm branch (or palm frond or palm stem), usually refers to the leaves of the Arecaceae (sometimes known by the names Palmae). The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and victory in pre Christian times. The Romans rewarded champions …   Wikipedia

• Palm Cockatoo — At Melaka Zoo, Malaysia Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• PALM — (Heb. תָּמָר, mishnaic Heb. דֶּקֶל), the Phoenix dactylifera. In the Bible the word tamar refers only to the tree; it refers to the fruit also only in rabbinic literature. According to rabbinic tradition, the honey enumerated among the seven… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Palm Sunday —    The Sixth Sunday in Lent, the first day in Holy Week. It commemorates the entry of our Lord into Jerusalem when the people strewed the way with palm branches and cried, Hosanna to the Son of David. It was formerly customary for worshippers to… …   American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• Palm Sunday — Palm Sun day (Eccl.) The Sunday next before {Easter}; so called in commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way. The event is commemorated in Christian churches by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Crawling Chaos — is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson (aka Elizabeth Berkeley), first published April 1921 in the United Cooperative .ynopsisThe story begins with the narrator describing the effects of opium and the fantastical vistas it… …   Wikipedia

• Palm Sunday — n. the Sunday before Easter, commemorating in Christian churches Jesus entry into Jerusalem, when palm branches were strewn before him: now also called Passion Sunday or Second Sunday of the Passion …   English World dictionary