calvary

Significado (Inglés)

  1. A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
  2. A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
  3. A type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine.
  4. (broadly, figuratively) A strenuous experience.

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Sinónimos

Traducciones

الجمجمة

gólgota

μαρτύριο

golgotha

Frecuencia

34k
Etimología (Inglés)

From Late Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera and calvaria.

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