Golgotha
a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Calvary.
a place of suffering or sacrifice.
a place of burial.
Origin of Golgotha
1- Also gol·go·tha (for defs. 2, 3) .
Words Nearby Golgotha
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How to use Golgotha in a sentence
Is their God the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and is their Savior the Savior who hung on the cross at Golgotha?
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | Alex Haley | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLower down, between the walls of the city and the platform of Golgotha, lay a plain bordered in places with cliffs less naked.
Let us follow Him | Henryk SienkiewiczThe trenches were a veritable Golgotha with skulls everywhere and dismembered legs still clad with puttees and boots.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltWho would imagine it as the terrible Golgotha strewn with the bodies of the human race?
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan DoyleCrucified at Golgotha amidst two thieves, he shall receive an honourable burial.
The spot was Golgotha, a place strewed with the unburied sculls of criminals.
British Dictionary definitions for Golgotha
/ (ˈɡɒlɡəθə) /
another name for Calvary
(sometimes not capital) rare a place of burial
Origin of Golgotha
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Golgotha
[ (gol-guh-thuh, gol-goth-uh) ]
The ancient name for Calvary.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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