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

The trefoil signified the Trinity, and the cross no longer the rays of the sun on water, but the cross of Calvary.

From The Book of Hallowe'en by Kelley, Ruth Edna

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.

There the light from the cross of Calvary is reflected.

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

But blending with it, and struggling always for ascendency, was the religion of love, symbolized by the cradle of Bethlehem and the cross of Calvary.

From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring