calvary
髑髅地,髑髅会,迦勒底,髑髅
Definitions
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plural Cal·va·ries for 2, 3.
- : Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified. Luke 23:33.
- : a sculptured representation of the Crucifixion, usually erected in the open air.
- : an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Smith rehired at least two leaders who had been fired by other Calvary churches for sexual misconduct.
Other Calvary pastors have been removed when they were convicted of similar crimes.
Kestler was, at the time, a star player in Calvary's growing radio network.
When Heitzig departed to pastor another Calvary church in California, he chose Pete Nelson as his successor.
The accusations kept getting tawdrier, but, still, Calvary has seemed willing to stand behind its men.
For me every crude wooden cross that rises in the fields has this human replica of the Calvary.
It is on Calvary the terms are made, and the great treaty ratified--divided interests are reunited, and peace on earth proclaimed.
Like the darkness in Gethsemane, and again, from the sixth to the ninth hour on Calvary, it forbids entrance.
On Calvary "he finished the transgressions, and made an end of sin, and make reconciliation for iniquity."
Amidst the awful gloom on Calvary's mount, was heard the cry "it is finished!"