CRUCIFIXION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

3.
n.

Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. Do ye prove What crucifixions are in love Herrick.


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