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Definition of Crucifixion

Crucifixion

  1. The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
  2. The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
  3. Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

Crucifixion Quotations

The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.
Deepak Chopra

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.
Simone Weil

The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifixion, and His resurrection.
Kenneth Scott Latourette

I once saw my mother playing Mary Magdalene in a parish event. But she had to put the role aside in order to go and front the choir who were singing at the same occasion. She left the stage halfway through the Crucifixion.
Fiona Shaw
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Crucifixion Translations

crucifixion in German is Kreuzigung
crucifixion in Norwegian is korsfestelse

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