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

Visit of Le Moine; the story of Paul Gauguin; his house, and a search for his grave beneath the white cross of Calvary.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick

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.

The Scottish legend says they tremble because the cross of Calvary was made from an aspen tree.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

We left him beside the road and walked slowly beneath the arch of trees toward the mountain whose summit was crowned by the white cross of Calvary graveyard.

From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick