The act
of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to
point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of
a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the
passage of light; the passage of fluids through the
pores or channels of the body.
Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as
by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare;
as, to pay one's passage.
Removal from life; decease; departure;
death.
Way; road; path; channel or course through
or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or
transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a
hall; a corridor.
A continuous course, process, or progress;
a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of
time.
A separate part of a course, process, or
series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.
A particular portion constituting a part of
something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
Reception; currency.
A pass or en encounter; as, a
passage at arms.
A movement or an evacuation of the
bowels.
In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution,
etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as,
during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in
both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other
proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence,
adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third
reading was delayed.
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