Calvary
['kælvəri]
Definition
(noun.) any experience that causes intense suffering.
(noun.) a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.
(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.
Editor: Myra
Definition
n. the name of the place where Jesus was crucified: (R.C.) a series of representations of the various scenes of Christ's crucifixion: an eminence crowned with one or three crosses bearing life-size figures of Jesus and the two thieves.
Checked by Hillel
Examples
- Only a year or two ago he was here for the thirty-seventh time since Jesus was crucified on Calvary. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is nothing but a dismal cavern, roughly hewn in the living rock of the Hill of Calvary. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Not the agony in Gethsemane, not the death on Calvary, could have wrung from her eyes one tear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Inputed by Harvey