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• I.N.R.I.
  I.N.R.I.

  abbreviation

  Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.
• INRI
  INRI

  abbreviation

  Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (the inscription placed over Christ's head during the Crucifixion)

I.N.R.I.

American  

abbreviation

1. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

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INRI British  

abbreviation

1. Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (the inscription placed over Christ's head during the Crucifixion)

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Etymology

Origin of I.N.R.I.

From Late Latin Iēsūs Nazarēnus, Rēx Iūdaeōrum

Example Sentences

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I.N.R.I. INRI

A. The letters I.N.R.I. over the crucifix are the first letters of four Latin words that mean Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

What do the letters I.N.R.I. over the crucifix mean?

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

We will call the book, 'Glad Tidings,' I.N.R.I.

From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Peter Rosegger

The latter is Maltese in form; and has on it, besides the initials of the Latin inscription on the Saviour's cross, I.N.R.I., the Moray star, and other symbols.

From Chronicles of Strathearn by W. B. Macdougall

What do the letters "I.N.R.I." over the Cross mean?

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Thomas L. Kinkead

The storms have doubled over the tin plate for the inscription INRI, and the rains have effaced the letters.

From The Social Cancer by Charles E. Derbyshire

To the word INRI, inscribed on the Crux Ansata over the Master's Seat, many meanings have been assigned.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike