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ecce homo

[ ech-ey hoh-moh, ek-ey for 1; ek-see hoh-moh, ek-ey for 2 ]
/ ˈɛtʃ eɪ ˈhoʊ moʊ, ˈɛk eɪ for 1; ˈɛk si ˈhoʊ moʊ, ˈɛk eɪ for 2 /
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Latin.

“Behold the man!”: the words with which Pilate presented Christ, crowned with thorns, to his accusers. John 19:5.

noun

Art. a painting, statue, or other representation of Christ crowned with thorns.

Words related to ecce homo

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

Words nearby ecce homo

ecatepec de morelos, ecaudate, ecb, ecbatana, ecbolic, ecce homo, ecce signum, eccentric, eccentric hypertrophy, eccentric occlusion, eccentricity
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Examples from the Web for 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.

    The Marquis of Pealta (Marta y Mara)|Armando Palacio Valds

British Dictionary definitions for ecce homo

Ecce Homo
/ (ˈɛkeɪ ˈhəʊməʊ, ˈɛksɪ) /

noun

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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