stations of the cross

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   (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

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Questions about stations of the cross

What does stations of the cross mean?

stations of the cross means "(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary".

What is another word for stations of the cross?

Close synonyms include Stations. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stations of the cross a common word?

stations 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.