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calvary

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1. calvary - Noun

2. Calvary - Proper noun

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The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.

A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It's a real blessing for me to tell you, sir, that calvary has arrived - Fox is here! Glenn Beck

Christianity is, above all other religions ever known, a religion of sacrifice. It is a religion founded on the greatest of all sacrifices, the sacrifice of the Incarnation, culminating in the sacrifice on Calvary. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never abandon one for whom He has died. Ellen G. White

My friends, there is one spot on earth where the fear of Death, of Sin, and of Judgment, need never trouble us, the only safe spot on earth where the sinner can stand - Calvary. Dwight L. Moody

No martyr ever went the way of duty, and felt the shadow of death upon it. The shadow of death is darkest in the valley, which men walk in easily, and is never felt at all on a steep place, like Calvary. Truth is everlasting, and so is every lover of it; and so he feels himself almost always. William Mountford

who will draw the calvary in risk his very own precious skin to make our Angelinia a free and peaceful land again? Henry who'll love a poor orphan child? Henry Darger. Natalie Merchant

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