Calvary
noun
Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.
Calvary
American
[kal-vuh-ree]
/ ˈkæl və ri /
noun
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Calvaries
plural
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Bible. Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.
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Often calvary a sculptured representation of the Crucifixion, usually erected in the open air.
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none calvary an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering.
Calvary
1
British
/ ˈkælvərɪ /
noun
calvary
2
British
/ ˈkælvərɪ /
noun
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(often capital) a representation of Christ's crucifixion, usually sculptured and in the open air
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any experience involving great suffering
Calvary
Cultural
Pronunciation
See irrelevant.
Other Word Forms
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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; see Golgotha
Example Sentences
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Pioneer Park used to be Calvary cemetery once upon a time.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
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
Class was in session at Calvary Christian School.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Today, she is a deacon at the Mount Calvary United Church of Christ in Durham and remains active in church affairs.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Ms. Haley arrived at the high school with her own calvary.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Jessie Sheehan, on the other hand, skips the oats and calls in pecans, and a calvary of spices including ginger and nutmeg.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2022
But the calvary also isn’t coming — not yet, anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
His calvary - his enemies would say "deceit" - goes back to 2006.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2016
The three calvary men were out on a scouting expedition, to learn if the boomers were in the vicinity of the river.
From The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma by W. H. Fry
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
These two Calvaries picture for me the part that Christ is playing in the present war.
From The Glory of the Trenches by Coningsby Dawson
Perhaps the cheapest Continental tour, of say three weeks, that could be taken, amid a constantly changing environment, if one so choose, would comprehend this land of Calvaries.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by Blanche McManus
We passed by the Calvaries which keep guard over the Meuse villages, a few trees gathered round the cross.
From Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 by André Chevrillon
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