station of the cross

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   a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary

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Questions about station of the cross

What does station of the cross mean?

station of the cross means "a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary".

Is station of the cross a common word?

station of the cross is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.