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Calvary

American  
[kal-vuh-ree] / ˈkæl və ri /

noun

plural

Calvaries

  1. Bible. Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.

  2. Often calvary a sculptured representation of the Crucifixion, usually erected in the open air.

  3. none calvary an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering.

Calvary 1 British  
/ ˈkælvərɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: Golgotha.  the place just outside the walls of Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

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calvary 2 British  
/ ˈkælvərɪ /

noun

  1. (often capital) a representation of Christ's crucifixion, usually sculptured and in the open air

  2. any experience involving great suffering

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Calvary Cultural  

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

Pronunciation

See irrelevant.

Etymology

Origin of Calvary

First recorded before 1000; from Late Latin Calvāria “Calvary,” from Latin calvāria “a skull,” used to translate Greek kraníon cranium, itself a translation of the Aramaic name; Golgotha

Example Sentences

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At the Calvary Baptist Church in Minneapolis, the doors swung open and shut as locals sought refuge from the biting cold on Sunday.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

At the site where he was killed in south Minneapolis, close to the Calvary Baptist Church, mourners gathered at all hours to lay flowers and light candles in his honour.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Fullerton 5, Calvary Chapel 0: Declan Fitzgerald finished with 10 strikeouts in six innings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Her essay takes us to Calvary Cemetery in East L.A., to La Placita in the 1880s and to the San Gabriel Mission for the first Catholic baptism of an Indigenous person.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

He glanced at the peeling white Calvary Baptist Church up the street from his house.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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