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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALVARY, n.
1. A place of skulls; particularly, the place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill west of Jerusalem. In catholic countries, a kind of chapel raised on a hillock near a city, as a place of devotion, in memory of the place where our Savior suffered.
2. In heraldry, a cross so called, set upon steps, resembling the cross on which our Savior was crucified.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified [syn: Calvary, Golgotha]
2: any experience that causes intense suffering [syn: calvary, martyrdom]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Calvary, the hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified Date: 1738 1. an open-air representation of the crucifixion of Jesus 2. an experience of usually intense mental suffering

Merriam Webster's

or Hebrew Golgotha geographical name place outside ancient Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the place where Christ was crucified. Etymology: ME f. LL calvaria skull, transl. Gk golgotha, Aram. gûlgûltâ (Matt.
27:33)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Calvary Cal"va*ry (k[a^]l"v[.a]*r[y^]), n. [L. calvaria a bare skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf. F. calvaire.] 1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. --Luke xxiii. 33. Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha. --Dr. W. Smith. 2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion. 3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

Hitchcock Bible Dictionary

the place of a skull

Easton's Bible Dictionary

only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word _Kranion_, by which the Hebrew word _Gulgoleth_ was interpreted, "the place of a skull." It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a "hill." The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. "This thing was not done in a corner." (See GOLGOTHA.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kal'-va-ri.

See GOLGOTHA.