All 8 Uses of
passage
in
The Da Vinci Code
- Sophie could see it contained photographs of what appeared to be magnified passages of ancient documents—tattered papyrus with handwritten text.
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)passages = short parts of longer written works
- Flipping toward the middle of the book, Teabing pointed to a passage.
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1) *passage = a short part of a longer written work
- Sophie read the passage: And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene.
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)
- Teabing flipped through the book and pointed out several other passages that, to Sophie's surprise, clearly suggested Magdalene and Jesus had a romantic relationship.
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)passages = short parts of longer written works
- As she read the passages, Sophie recalled an angry priest who had banged on her grandfather's door when she was a schoolgirl.
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)
- He motioned to another passage. "This is from the Gospel of Mary Magdalene."
Chpt 57-58 (definition 1)passage = a short part of a longer written work
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The sun's rays, shining through the oculus on the south wall, moved farther down the line every day, indicating the passage of time, from solstice to solstice.†
Chpt 21-22 (definition 2)
- As he entered the long tunnel of Passage Richelieu, the hairs on his neck began to bristle with anticipation.†
Chpt 105 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
-
(1) (passage as in: In lines 1-9 of the passage...) a short part of a longer written workeditor's notes: This meaning of passage is commonly seen on standardized tests like the SAT and ACT.
-
(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) More frequently, passage refers to a passageway for travel or to the act of traveling. It can also refer to the passing of time or of a law. See a comprehensive dictionary for the many meanings of passage, but for comfort taking standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, be very familiar with passage being used to refer to a short excerpt from a longer written work.