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Noun: calvary
  1. Any experience that causes intense suffering
    - martyrdom
Noun: Calvary  kal-vu-ree
  1. A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
    - Golgotha

Derived forms: calvaries, Calvaries

Type of: affliction, hill

Part of: capital of Israel, Jerusalem

Encyclopedia: Calvary, Congregation of Our Lady of Calvary Calvary, Georgia Calvary, Wisconsin Calvary, Virginia

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