Golgotha
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ from the Aramaic גּלגּלת.
Proper noun [edit]
Golgotha
- (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
- (slang) At Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries, a slang term for the rooms of the heads of the colleges (i.e. a pun on 'the place of the skulls or heads').
- 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:
- But Printing is not the only, nor the principal uſe, for which theſe ſtupendous ſtone-walls were erected; for here is that famous apartment, by idle wits and buffoons nick-named Golgotha, i.e. the place of Sculls or Heads of colleges and halls, where they meet and debate upon all extraordinary affairs, which occur within the precincts of their juriſsdiction.
- 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:
Translations [edit]
the crucifixion hill
See also [edit]
Quotations [edit]
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), John 19:17
- "And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha"
- 1726, Terræ Filius No. XI:
- "…for here is that famous apartment, by idle wits and buffoons nick-named Golgotha, i.e. the place of Sculls or Heads of colleges and halls, where they meet and debate upon all extraordinary affairs…"
