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ecce homo

[ech-ey hoh-moh, ek-ey for 1; ek-see hoh-moh, ek-ey for 2]
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Latin.
  1. “Behold the man!”: the words with which Pilate presented Christ, crowned with thorns, to his accusers. John 19:5.
noun
  1. Art. a painting, statue, or other representation of Christ crowned with thorns.
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Related Words for ecce homo

temporal, earthly, frail, perishable, passing, transient, ephemeral, fading, animate, corporeal, evanescent, finite, impermanent, momentary, precarious, weak, worldly, fugacious, bipedal, creatural

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Historical Examples of ecce homo

  • Through its dirty glass could be seen the stiff image of some saint with metal aureole, or the sad anguished face of an Ecce-Homo.

British Dictionary definitions for ecce homo

Ecce Homo

noun
  1. a picture or sculpture of Christ crowned with thorns

Word Origin for Ecce Homo

Latin: behold the man, the words of Pontius Pilate to his accusers (John 19:5)
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Word Origin and History for ecce homo

Latin, literally "behold the man" (John xix:5).

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