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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

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

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

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

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

"I wrote the letters I.N.R.I. at the top."

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

Thus, I.N.R.I. are universally agreed to be the initials of the Latin words Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum; i.e.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 582, December 22, 1832 by Various

That is the reason they placed over Our Lord's cross I.N.R.I., which are the first letters of four Latin words meaning, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews."

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

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

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

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 Pike, Albert