Noun
of Passus
A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA league was considered to be the distance a man could walk in one hour, and the mile (from mille, "meaning thousand") consisted of 1,000 passus (paces, five feet, or double-step). Source: Internet
From this notion came the term " Patripassianism " for the movement, from the Latin words pater for "father", and passus from the verb "to suffer" because it implied that the Father suffered on the Cross. Source: Internet