Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: calvary
IPA transcription: [k'ælvɚi]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: calvary, martyrdom
    Meaning: any experience that causes intense suffering
  • Synonyms: Calvary, Golgotha
    Meaning: a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
Usage examples
  • Mount Calvary is only a small hill.
  • When excavating about it a wall was found which proved to be a garden wall the end of which butts up against Mount Calvary.
  • To the writer, however, perhaps the most interesting place in or about the entire city is the Garden Tomb and Mount Calvary.