See Also: passional(dictionary)
passional attitudes(medicine)

passional (iou)



passional adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin passionalis, from passio(n-): see PASSION noun, -AL1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to passion; inspired or characterized by passion. LME.
M. Innes The original murder..seemed to be a passional crime; one..of revenge or retribution.
b. noun.
gen. A story of suffering. rare. Only in L15.
spec. A book containing accounts of the sufferings of saints and martyrs, for reading on their feast days. Cf. PASSIONARY. M17.