About The Word Calvary
Learn about the word Calvary to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Calvary definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Calvary
| Calvary Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Calvary?
[n] any experience that causes intense suffering
[n] a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified Synonyms | Synonyms for Calvary: Golgotha | martyrdom Related Terms | Find terms related to Calvary: See Also | affliction | capital of Israel | hill | Jerusalem Calvary In Webster's Dictionary \Cal"va*ry\ (k[a^]l"v[.a]*r[y^]), n. [L. calvaria a bare
skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf.
F. calvaire.]
1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill
outside of Jerusalem. --Luke xxiii. 33.
Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek
krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation
of the Hebrew Golgotha. --Dr. W. Smith.
2. 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.
3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly
called {cross calvary}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
- Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
- Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
- Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
- Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
- Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
- Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
- Apatura ‐ large Old World…
- Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
- Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…