Calvary
noun
Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.
Calvaries
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pluralof Calvary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Dangerous passions of pride, hatred and selfishness are enthroned in our lives; truth lies prostrate on the rugged hills of nameless Calvaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in those days you used to dance along this endless way of Calvaries, plucking flowers at the feet of the crosses.
From The Road to Damascus by Graham Rawson
Calvaries, or representations of the passion on the Cross, are most frequently encountered in Brittany, so much so, indeed, that it has been called ‘the Land of the Calvaries.’
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
Only one hand of the Christ there had been burned, and the body hanging on the Cross was unscathed, like so many of those Calvaries which I have seen in shell-fired places.
From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs
They were the Calvaries of a new redemption being wrought out for men by soiled unconscious Christs.
From The Glory of the Trenches by Coningsby Dawson
