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How to pronounce crucifixion in English?

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Synonyms excruciation
Type of torture, torturing
Derivation crucify
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Type of capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution
Derivation crucify
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What matters is that it is viewed in reverence for the story of the crucifixion.
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The crucifixion includes Saint John the Baptist, long dead by Gospel chronology.
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Crucifixion was the practice of savages and tyrants who did not respect the law.
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Cathars vehemently repudiated the significance of the crucifixion and the cross.
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All four attest to his Sonship, miraculous power, crucifixion, and resurrection.
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In this light, the crucifixion is a clan battle the Corleones could appreciate.
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The cross was taken to each station depicting the trial and crucifixion of Jesus.
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The cornu would also add considerably to the pain and humiliation of crucifixion.
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There is a crucifixion sculpture by F. W. Pomeroy on the west front of the tower.
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  • 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
  • The death of Jesus by crucifixion
  • The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
  • Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead. ...
  • Crucifixion is a 1965 triptych painted by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. Across each of the three panels, the work shows three forms of violent death.
  • The Crucifixion is the subject of three different paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina; the first two were completed around 1454/1455, the third in 1475. ...
  • Crucifixion is a painting by Giovanni Bellini created in the 15th century. The original painting was a tempera on panel and 54.5 by 30cm and currently resides in the Civico Museo Correr in Venice.
  • "Crucifixion" (sometimes titled "The Crucifixion") is a 1966 song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. singer-songwriter. Ochs described the song as "the greatest song I've ever written".
  • An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead; The death on the cross of Christ; An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone