Palm Sunday —(in Christian tradition) the Sunday next before Easter, observed in commemoration of Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem:
- Palm Sunday, to which our Lord’s entry has given name, has in certain periods and regions been called “Hosanna Sunday.”
Sad Palm Sunday—(UK hist.) Palm Sunday in 1463, the day of the bloodiest battle in the Wars of the Roses:
- The day became known to many as “Sad Palm Sunday.” According to William Hone, there were 38,000 killed in a battle that commenced in a snowstorm.