via dolorosa

[ dol-uh-roh-suh, doh-luh- ]

noun

1. (initial capital letters) Christ's route to Golgotha.
2. a trying, painful, or sorrowful course or series of experiences.

Via Dolorosa

/ ˈviːə ˌdɒləˈrəʊsə /

noun

1. the route followed by Christ from the place of his condemnation to Calvary for his crucifixion
2. an arduous or distressing course or experience

Word History and Origins

Origin of via dolorosa¹

From Latin via dolōrōsa literally, “sorrowful road”

Word History and Origins

Origin of via dolorosa¹

Latin, literally: sorrowful road

Example Sentences

And next day there was one more revealing incident that helped, yet also hindered him, as he moved along his via dolorosa.

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Take but one instance out of the many that crossed my via dolorosa of the anguish inflicted on the mothers of the poor.

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But what a Via Dolorosa it is, that grim ditch dug across Europe, with its crouching men behind the snipers' plates.

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Ah, that via dolorosa of the destitute, that chemin de la croix of the homeless.

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There is but one goal to the via dolorosa; there is no escape from the central chamber of that labyrinth.

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