calvary

IPA: kˈæɫvɝi

Root Word: Calvary

The hill outside Jerusalem which is traditionally held to be the location of the crucifixion of Jesus.
A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
A type of monumental public Christian cross, sometimes encased in an open shrine.
(by extension, figuratively) A strenuous experience.
Misspelling of cavalry. [(military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.]

Examples of "calvary" in Sentences

The word calvary is a Latin word meaning skull, or place of skulls.
DeMint, you guys had your chance at a compromise, now the calvary is here.
Over two millennia, 'calvary' has come to mean an extreme experience of physical,
The calvary is still not here yet, but I have begun to hear the hooves and were almost a week out.
It is especially in the large "calvary" and behind the altar that this atmosphere of ingenuousness is felt.
Smith, the executive director, said he wants the fire department's "calvary" to respond to life-threatening emergencies.
The triumphal arch and ossuary are very inferior to St. Thégonnec, but the calvary is a magnificent monument, unequalled in Brittany, richly sculptured and ornamented.
Over two millennia, 'calvary' has come to mean an extreme experience of physical, men in Maguindanao Tuesday afternoon was recovered by members of the Moro National Liberation Front near their camp in Datu Odin Sinsuat
Just the same as before -- a little "calvary" at one end of the garden and a rough picture of a Madonna in an arbor, the long, echoing corridors spotless as the deck of a man-of-war, and the smiling faces making a very flower-garden of the community-room.