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Crucifixion   /krˌusɪfˈɪkʃən/   Listen
Crucifixion

noun
1.
The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross.
2.
The death of Jesus by crucifixion.
3.
The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.  Synonym: excruciation.





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"Crucifixion" Quotes from Famous Books



... ever heard the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?" asked Mantel, trembling at the name and at his own temerity ...
— The Redemption of David Corson • Charles Frederic Goss
... stairway into the lower hall, across the refectory, where the great frescoed Crucifixion flared into sudden clearness under the fitful lightning, ...
— Black Spirits and White - A Book of Ghost Stories • Ralph Adams Cram
... Our last ration was served out this morning—two ounces of biscuit each, and a wine-glass of water. Sunday, 11th.—Two days without food. The captain read to us to-day some chapters out of the Bible, those describing the crucifixion of Jesus. Williams and Ranger were deeply impressed, and for the first time seemed to lament their sins, and to speak of themselves as crucifiers of Jesus. The captain's voice very weak, but he is cheerful and resigned. It is evident that ...
— Philosopher Jack • R.M. Ballantyne
... wants a stronger light than a bronze relief, and in Florence students of bronze reliefs are accustomed to it, since the most famous of all—the Ghiberti doors—are in the open air. Only in course of time can one discern the scenes here. The left pulpit is the finer, for it contains the "Crucifixion" and the "Deposition," which to me form the most striking ...
— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas
... Fin de Satan is the contrast between the murky atmosphere in which the maker of crosses works and the bright sunshine in which Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem is bathed! With what consummate art the darkness of the Crucifixion is made to accentuate ...
— La Legende des Siecles • Victor Hugo


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