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/kˈælvəri/ Listen

noun

Calvary n.

The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek kranion of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha.

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.

(Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; more properly called cross calvary.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Calvary" Quotes from Famous Books

... remark I had seen somewhere, "Look at Calvary, and wilt thou say that thy sins are ...

— A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, - of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England • Eliza Southall

... through the portal of the massive wall, and thence to a place beyond but yet nigh unto Jerusalem, the cortege advanced. The destination was a spot called Golgotha, or Calvary, meaning "the place of ...

— Jesus the Christ - A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy - Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern • James Edward Talmage

... "Friend!" Mysterious word to him who'd known no friend. O, what a power that simple word hath o'er him! As now he holds the stranger's hand in his, And bows his head upon it, he doth seem Gentle and kind, and docile as a child. Repentance comes with kindness, goodness rears Its cross on Calvary's height, inspiring hope Which triumphs over evil and its guilt. O, how much changed! and all by simple words Spoken in love and kindness from the heart. O, love and kindness! matchless power have ye To mould the human heart; where'er ...

— Town and Country, or, Life at Home and Abroad • John S. Adams

... all the successes of the Salvation Army is a force against which the world may sneer, but without which the world's miseries cannot be removed, the force of that Divine love which breathed on Calvary, and which God is able to communicate by His spirit to human ...

— "In Darkest England and The Way Out" • General William Booth

... hand is the Campo Santo, a cloistered cemetery constructed many centuries ago. It is a large rectangular enclosure surrounded by arcades. After the loss of the Holy Land the Pisans caused some fifty shiploads of soil to be brought hither from Mt. Calvary, in order that the dead might rest in what was conceived to be holy ground. It was in this Campo Santo that the earliest Tuscan artists were taught to emulate each other, and here the walls are covered ...

— Foot-prints of Travel - or, Journeyings in Many Lands • Maturin M. Ballou

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