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Cal·va·ry

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–noun, plural -ries for 2, 3.

1.	Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33.

2.	(often lowercase) a sculptured representation of the Crucifixion, usually erected in the open air.

3.	(lowercase) an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, esp. mental suffering.

[Origin: < LL Calvāria Calvary < L calvāria a skull, used to translate Gk kraníon cranium, itself a trans. of the Aramaic name; see Golgotha

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—Pronunciation note See irrelevant.

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Cal·va·ry¹ Audio Help (kāl'və-rē, kāl'vrē) Pronunciation Key
A hill outside ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

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Cal·va·ry² also cal·va·ry Audio Help (kāl'və-rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. Cal·va·ries also cal·va·ries

A sculptured depiction of the Crucifixion.
calvary A great ordeal.

[French calvaire, from Calvaire, Calvary (hill). Sense 2, from Calvary¹.]

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Calvary

name of the mount of the Crucifixion, 1382, from L. Calvaria, translating Aramaic gulgulta "place of the skull" (see Golgotha). Rendered in O.E. as Heafodpannan stow.

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calvary
noun
1.	a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
2.	any experience that causes intense suffering

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Calvary

The hill near Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. The name is Latin for “Place of the Skull”; it is also called Golgotha. (See Crucifixion.)

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Calvary, GA Zip code(s): 31729

Mount Calvary, WI (village, FIPS 54650) Location: 43.82650 N, 88.24675 W
Population (1990): 558 (184 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 53057

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Calvary

Cal*va"ri*a\ (k[a^]l*v[=a]"r[i^]*[.a]), n. [L. See Calvary.] (Anat.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

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Calvary

only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word _Kranion_, by which the Hebrew word _Gulgoleth_ was interpreted, "the place of a skull." It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a "hill." The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. "This thing was not done in a corner." (See GOLGOTHA.)

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Calvary

Calvary, the place of a skull

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