Calvary
pronunciation
How to pronounce Calvary in British English:
UK [ˈkælvəri]
How to pronounce Calvary in American English:
US [ˈkælvəri, ˈkælvri]
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- Noun:
- any experience that causes intense suffering
Word Origin
- calvary
- calvary: [18] Latin calvāria meant literally ‘skull’ (it was a derivative of calva ‘scalp’, which in turn came from calvus ‘bald’, source of English callow). It was therefore used to translate Aramaic gulgūtha, also ‘skull’, which was the name of the hill outside Jerusalem on which Christ was crucified (applied to it because of its shape).=> callow
- Calvary
- name of the mount of the Crucifixion, late 14c., from Latin Calvaria (Greek Kraniou topos), translating Aramaic gulgulta "place of the skull" (see Golgotha). Rendered literally in Old English as Heafodpannan stow. Latin Calvaria is related to calvus "bald" (see Calvin).
Example
- 1. Then I know nothing of calvary love .
- 2. If I can hurt another by speaking faithfully without much preparation of spirit , and without hurting myself far more than I hurt that other , then I know nothing of calvary love .
- 3. The man condemned to die on calvary .
- 4. If I can easily discuss the shortcomings and the sins of any ; if I can speak in a casual way even of a child 's misdoing , then I know nothing of calvary love .
- 5. If I easily discus the shortcomings and the sins of any ; if I can speak in a casual way even of a child 's misdoings , then I know noting of calvary love .