calvary
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See also: Calvary
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvaria.
Noun
[edit]calvary (plural calvaries)
- A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
- A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
- A type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine.
- Calvaries are typical of Galicia (Spain) and Portugal.
- (by extension, figuratively) A strenuous experience.
Translations
[edit]a life-size representation of the crucifixion
a type of public monument
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “calvary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]calvary (plural calvaries)
- Misspelling of cavalry.