a method of putting to death by nailing or binding to a cross, normally by the hands and feet, which was widespread in the ancient world (ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən) n 1.(Ecclesiastical Terms)the Crucifixionthe crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminat...
2.A cross viewed as a symbol of Jesus's crucifixion. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latincrucifīxus, from Latin, past participle ofcrucifīgere,crucify; seecrucify.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Har...
Notwithstanding these corrections, the passage is still wanting in twenty-five Latin manuscripts, the oldest and fairest; two qualities seldom united, except in manuscripts...The three witnesses have been established in our Greek Testaments by the prudence of Erasmus; the honest bigotry of the Comp...
The original pluralstigmatarefers to the crucifixion wounds of Christ and to the marks of these wounds as they have appeared on the bodies of certain Christian mystics. Ex.Mystics known to have experienced stigmata include Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena. dogma– The original plural wasd...
In 1130, Geoffrey of Monmouth was a lowly cleric with grand ambitions. 1130 年,蒙茅斯的杰弗里是位有着大野心的小神职人员。 Using Celtic and Latin sources, 利用凯尔特和拉丁的来源, he spent years creating a lengthy chronicle 他花了数年的时间, 创作了一本很长的编年史, ...
The Passion of the Christ: Directed by Mel Gibson. With Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito. Depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
Crux(kro͝oks)[Lat.,=cross], small but brilliant southernconstellationwhose four most prominent members form a Latin cross, the famous Southern Cross. The long arm of the cross, terminating in the brightest member,Acrux(Alpha Crucis), points almost directly at the south celestial pole. Two ...
The Sacred Heart holiday commemorates the physical heart of Jesus as asymbol of his divine love for all humanity. The devotion to the Sacred Heart originated in the Middle Ages out of worship of the wounds Jesus received during the crucifixion. ...
1. to put to death by crucifixion 2. slang to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally: the critics crucified his performance. 3. to treat very cruelly; torment 4. to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify [C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to...
[Old English cros, from Old Irish cross (unattested), from Latin crux; see crux] ˈcrosser n ˈcrossly adv ˈcrossness n Cross (krɒs) n 1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the Crucifixion of Jesus Cross (krɒs) ...