Look up: crucifixion

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   crucifixion
   [n] - the death of Jesus on the cross 2. [n] - the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world 3. [n] - the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
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   crucifixion
   Death by fastening to a cross, a form of capital punishment used by the ancient Romans, Persians, and Carthaginians, and abolished by the Roman emperor Constantine. Specifically, the Crucifixion...
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   Crucifixion
   The nailing of Jesus to the cross - this is a common Christian symbol.
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   Crucifixion
   Cru`ci·fix'ion noun 1. The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment. 2. The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross. 3. Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. « Do ye prove What crucifixions are in love? Herrick. ...
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   crucifixion
   noun the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim`s hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
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   Crucifixion
   noun the death of Jesus on the cross
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   crucifixion
   noun the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
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   Crucifixion
   `Crucifixion` is an ancient method of execution, where the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead. This form of execution was widely practiced in Ancient Rome and in neighbouring Mediterranean cultures; similar methods were invented in the Persian Empire. Crucifixion was used by the Romans until AD 337, after Christianity had been legalized in the Roman Empire in 313 and had become the religion favoured...
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   Crucifixion
   • (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross. • (n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. • (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
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    Crucifixion
    (from the article `crucifixion`) ...opponents in Babylon; in 88 Alexander Jannaeus, the Judaean king and high priest, crucified 800 Pharisaic opponents; and in about 32 Pontius ... ...teaching regarding Jews and Judaism. The Vatican accepted the legitimacy of Judaism as a continuing religion and exonerated Jews for the murder of ... ...
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    Crucifixion
    (from the article `Grünewald, Matthias`) ...pair of fixed and two pairs of movable wings flanking it. Grünewald`s paintings on these large wing panels consist of the following. The first set ...
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    crucifixion
    an important method of capital punishment, particularly among the Persians, Seleucids, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the 6th century to the ...
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    crucifixion
    crucifixion 1. The act of crucifying; execution on a cross. 2. The crucifying of Jesus on Calvary. 3. A representation of Jesus on the cross. 4. An extremely difficult, painful trial; torturous suffering. 5. The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering. 6. The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands ...
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    crucifixion
    crucifixion, hanging on a cross, in ancient times a method of capital punishment. It was practiced widely in the Middle East but not by the Greeks. The Romans, who may have borrowed it from Carthage, reserved it for slaves and despised malefactors. They used it frequently, as in the civil wars and i...
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