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calvary - definition and meaning
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noun crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised groundnoun series of representations of Christ ’s Passion in a church noun
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The word calvary is a Latin word meaning skull, or place of skulls.
Barnes New Testament Notes 1949
DeMint, you guys had your chance at a compromise, now the calvary is here.
DeMint blasts Obama's 'false promises' 2009
The calvary is still not here yet, but I have begun to hear the hooves and were almost a week out.
Damn them « BuzzMachine 2005
The triumphal arch and ossuary are very inferior to St. Thégonnec, but the calvary is a magnificent monument, unequalled in Brittany, richly sculptured and ornamented.
The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 Various
Just the same as before -- a little "calvary " at one end of the garden and a rough picture of a Madonna in an arbor, the long, echoing corridors spotless as the deck of a man-of-war, and the smiling faces making a very flower-garden of the community-room.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various
It is especially in the large "calvary " and behind the altar that this atmosphere of ingenuousness is felt.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
Over two millennia, 'calvary ' has come to mean an extreme experience of physical, men in Maguindanao Tuesday afternoon was recovered by members of the Moro National Liberation Front near their camp in Datu Odin Sinsuat
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Over two millennia, 'calvary ' has come to mean an extreme experience of physical,
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Over two millennia, 'calvary ' has come to mean an extreme experience of physical, men in Maguindanao Tuesday afternoon was recovered by members of the Moro National Liberation Front near their camp in Datu Odin Sinsuat
WN.com - Articles related to No credible govt action on massacre Asia HR group 2010
Smith, the executive director, said he wants the fire department's "calvary " to respond to life-threatening emergencies.
RGJ.com - Latest News svoyles@rgj.com By Susan Voyles 2010
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