crucify
verb (used with object)
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
had crucified
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past perfectof crucify.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Instead, they relied on what many called one of the principal themes of the Easter season — the forgiveness Christ showed to those who had crucified and betrayed him.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2010
And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren
I changed then, as when soul from body slips, And casts its passion and its pain aside; I pledged you with most spiritual lips, And gave you hands that you had crucified.
From Poems by Muriel Stuart
As soon as the executioners had crucified the two thieves and divided the garment of Jesus between them, they gathered up their tools, addressed a few more insulting words to our Lord, and went away.
From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Catherine Emmerich
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Alexander Maclaren
