Calvary
- proper noun
- /ˈkæl.və.ri/
- Literature
- Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary.
- Mount Calvary
- Calvary Hill
- way to Calvary
Lord Jesus, I recognise that you died on that cross at Calvary for my sins.
- Lord Jesus, I recognise that you died on that cross at Calvary for my sins.
- Or does it depict the dead man God who has expired along with the two thieves on the cross at Calvary?
Examples
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Welcome to Calvary Chapel College.
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At first, he worked in metal in a basement workshop at Calvary Church.
Blog text (9) -
Thank God for the Calvary.
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We're getting married at the Calvary Chapel church.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lord Jesus, I recognise that you died on that cross at Calvary for my sins.
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The program is also aired in Great Britain on Calvary Chapel Radio UK.
Blog text (20) -
This movement started at Calvary, but it can't stay here.
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In the Bible, Jesus Christ's atoning death on the cross of Calvary was hardly a "useless journey."
Blog text (10) -
Rather, the symbol evokes images of Calvary, the crucifixion of Jesus, eternal life, and other Christian concepts.
Academic text (2011) -
The congregation held a service to honor the sacrifice made at Calvary.
Synonyms
A hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified, also called Calvary
Compounds
A plant that lives for one year with spiny seed pods and dark spots on its leaves
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Calvary comes from the Latin Calvaria, which means 'skull', and it matches the Bible name Golgotha, the 'place of the skull'. So Calvary is the hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was killed on the cross.