Look up: calvary

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   calvary
   [n] - a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified 2. [n] - any experience that causes intense suffering
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   Calvary
   In the New Testament, the site of Jesus' crucifixion at Jerusalem. Two chief locations are suggested: the site where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now stands, and the hill...
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   Calvary
   Cal'va·ry (kăl'vȧ*rȳ) noun [ Latin calvaria a bare skull, from calva the scalp without hair. from calvus bald; confer French calvaire .] 1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. Luke xxiii. 33. » The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, w ...
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   calvary
   noun any experience that causes intense suffering
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   Calvary
   Golgotha noun a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
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   Calvary
   `Calvary` (Golgotha) is the English-language name given to the site, outside of Ancient Jerusalem`s early 1st century walls, of Jesus` crucifixion. The exact location is handed down from antiquity. Although the significance of the name is lost to modernity, `Calvariae Locus` in Latin, `ΚÃ?Â?ανιοÃ?... ΤοÃ?€Î¿Ã?‚` (`Kraniou Topos`) in Greek, and `Gûlgaltâ` in Aramaic all denote 'place of [the] skull.' In some Christian and Jewish traditions, the na...
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   Calvary
   • (n.) A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion. • (n.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary. • (n.) The place where Ch...
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   Calvary
   (from the article `Bassano, Jacopo`) ...Bassano`s art matured, his brushstrokes became looser and the forms and masses of his compositions became larger and more lively—a development ...
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   calvary
   
   1. a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
   2. any experience that causes intense suffering
   
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    Calvary
    Calvary (kăl'vurē) [Lat.,=a skull] or Golgotha (gol'guthu) [Heb.,=a skull], in the Gospels, place where Jesus was crucified, outside what was then the wall of Jerusalem. Its location is not certainly known. The traditional identification of the site of Calvary was made by St. Hel...
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