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Calvary

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

calvary. A sculptural representation of the Crucifixion, which took place on the hill of Calvary, or Golgotha, outside Jerusalem. The term is sometimes applied to any wayside Crucifix or to chapels with a series of carvings of Christ's Passion, but it is more appropriate to groups of figures that represent or symbolize the whole scene, such as those found in the open air in Brittany, dating from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. Some are extremely simple, others include great numbers of figures variously arranged, usually on one or more stone bases. The remarkable concentration of calvaries in Brittany is unexplained, but it is clear that only in a remote and isolated region could the creation of such essentially medieval works have persisted so late. According to one theory the Breton calvaries are translations into stone of the medieval mystery plays in which scenes from the life of Christ were enacted in front of the churches.
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Calvary

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Calvary [Lat.,=a skull] or Golgotha [Heb.,=a skull], in the Gospels, place where Jesus was crucified, outside what was then the wall of Jerusalem. Its location is not certainly known. The traditional identification of the site of Calvary was made by St. Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, when she found (c.326) what was believed to be a relic of the actual cross on which Jesus was crucified. The spot is within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher . In 1885 General Charles G. Gordon proposed a site near the Damascus Gate, first suggested in 1842. This is called the Garden Tomb or Gordon's Calvary.

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Calvary, Mount

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Calvary, Mount (Lat., calvaria, ‘skull’, translating Heb., Golgotha). The place of Jesus' crucifixion, outside the walls of Jerusalem (John 19. 20) and near the tomb. The traditional site is within the church of the Holy Sepulchre. A less likely site is ‘Gordon's Calvary’, by a cliff outside the N. wall of the city.
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Calvary

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Calvary the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. The name comes from late Latin calvaria ‘skull’, translation of Greek golgotha ‘place of a skull’ (Matthew 27:33).

The word calvary is also used to designate a sculpture or picture representing the scene of the Crucifixion.
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calvary

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

calvary outdoor (life-size) representation of the Crucified Christ. XVIII. — L. calvāria skull (f. calva scalp, calvus bald, rel. to Skr. kulva-), tr. in Matt. 27: 33, etc. of Aram. gogulthō, gogolthā skull (= Heb. gulgōleth), rendered in Gr. by golgothá; see -ARY.
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Calvary

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Calvary ‘The place of the skull’ (Mark 15: 22) or simply ‘Skull’ (Luke 23: 33), golgotha in Aramaic, is rendered calvaria in Latin. It was situated outside the city wall and adjacent to an important road.
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Calvary

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Calvary, Georgia/USA Named after the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. Known locally as Golgotha, this meant ‘skull’ in Aramaic; Calvary means the same from the Latin calva.
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Calvary

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

Calvary.
1. Rock-work on which three crosses are erected, or a sculptured and monumental representation of the Crucifixion.

2. Rood.
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Calvary, Mount

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Calvary, Mount. The place of Christ's crucifixion, just outside Jerusalem.
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