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cru·ci·fix·ion

 (kro͞o′sə-fĭk′shən)
n.
1.
a. The act of crucifying; execution on a cross.
b. Crucifixion The crucifying of Jesus on Calvary. Used with the.
c. A representation of Jesus on the cross.
2. An extremely difficult, painful trial; torturous suffering.
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crucifixion

(ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən)
n
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

Crucifixion

(ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən)
n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the Crucifixion the crucifying of Christ at Calvary, regarded by Christians as the culminating redemptive act of his ministry
2. (Art Terms) a picture or representation of this
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cru•ci•fix•ion

(ˌkru səˈfɪk ʃən)

n.
1. the act of crucifying or the state of being crucified.
2. (cap.) the death of Jesus upon the Cross.
3. a picture or other representation of this.
4. severe and unjust punishment or suffering.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.crucifixion - the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient worldcrucifixion - 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
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
2.Crucifixion - the death of Jesus by crucifixion
3.crucifixion - the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
excruciation
torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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Translations
صَلْب المسيح، صورة المَسيح مَصلوبا
ukřižování
Jesu korsfæstelsekorsfæstelse
ristiinnaulitseminen
keresztre feszítés
krossfesting
はりつけ
kruisdoodkruisiging
ukrižovanie
križanje
korsfästning
çarmıha ger meHz.İsa'nın çarmıha gerilerek ölmesi

crucifixion

[ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən] N → crucifixión f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

crucifixion

[ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃən] n → crucifixion f, crucifiement m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

crucifixion

n → Kreuzigung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

crucifixion

[ˌkruːsɪˈfɪkʃ/ən] n → crocifissione f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

crucify

(ˈkruːsifai) verb
to put to death by fixing the hands and feet to a cross. Christ was crucified.
ˈcrucifix (-fiks) noun
a figure of Christ on the cross.
ˌcruciˈfixion (-ˈfikʃən) noun
(a) death on the cross, especially that of Christ.
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By far, the most common form of execution in seventeenth-century Kanazawa was haritsuke [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (crucifixion).
The consolidation of place and punishment in seventeenth-century Japan: Kanazawa prisons and criminal justice

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