cross of Calvary

American  

noun

1. a Latin cross with a representation of steps beneath it.

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Example Sentences

The tusks lend the cross an undulating vitality, repeated in the budding motif of the Garden of Eden's Tree of Life, then supposed to be the material of the original cross of Calvary.

From Time Magazine Archive

On my knees before the cross of Calvary I have striven to pray, as a man wrestles for his life with the waves of a great ocean.

From A Monk of Cruta by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

In the light of the Spirit she saw that the Star of Bethlehem always leads to the cross of Calvary.

From Christmas Stories And Legends by Curtiss, Phebe A.

Their vision was filled with the throne, the crown, and the glory, while just before them lay the shame and agony of the garden, the judgment-hall, the cross of Calvary.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

He looked in faith to the cross of Calvary, trusting in the all-sufficient propitiation for sin.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon