Thesaurus / calvary
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synonyms for calvary
- ordeal
- adversity
- affliction
- albatross
- anguish
- annoyance
- bane
- blow
- bother
- burden
- care
- complication
- crucible
- difficulty
- distress
- drag
- grief
- hardship
- hassle
- heartbreak
- inconvenience
- irritation
- load
- misery
- misfortune
- nightmare
- nuisance
- pain
- pest
- plague
- rigor
- sorrow
- suffering
- thorn
- tribulation
- unhappiness
- vexation
- vicissitude
- visitation
- woe
- wretchedness
- cross to bear
- hard time
- pain in the neck
- severe test
- trying time
- advantage
- aid
- benefit
- blessing
- comfort
- convenience
- delight
- favor
- felicity
- fortune
- good fortune
- good luck
- help
- joy
- pleasure
- relief
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How to use calvary in a sentence
For me every crude wooden cross that rises in the fields has this human replica of the Calvary.
THE WASTED GENERATIONOWEN JOHNSONIt is on Calvary the terms are made, and the great treaty ratified--divided interests are reunited, and peace on earth proclaimed.
FEMALE SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHIES, VOL. IIFRANCIS AUGUSTUS COXLike the darkness in Gethsemane, and again, from the sixth to the ninth hour on Calvary, it forbids entrance.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEWJOHN MONRO GIBSONOn Calvary "he finished the transgressions, and made an end of sin, and make reconciliation for iniquity."
JESUS, THE MESSIAH; OR, THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES(A LADY) ANONYMOUSAmidst the awful gloom on Calvary's mount, was heard the cry "it is finished!"
JESUS, THE MESSIAH; OR, THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES FULFILLED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES(A LADY) ANONYMOUSThe cross which we bear through a long life of faithful service, is a heavier one than that which we bear as we go up our Calvary.
AURELIANWILLIAM WARE"N—no, capture him alive," came the hesitating reply; and away went the calvary men at a breakneck speed in pursuit.
THE BOY LAND BOOMERRALPH BONEHILLThe three calvary men were out on a scouting expedition, to learn if the boomers were in the vicinity of the river.
THE BOY LAND BOOMERRALPH BONEHILLSimilarly Christ must enter a sanctuary in order to present the sacrifice slain on Calvary.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDSIt is called Crucifix Valley, from an iron Calvary that stood in it in the early days of the war.
THE OLD FRONT LINEJOHN MASEFIELDWORDS RELATED TO CALVARY
- adversity
- affliction
- albatross
- anguish
- annoyance
- bane
- blow
- bother
- burden
- calvary
- care
- complication
- cross to bear
- crucible
- difficulty
- distress
- drag
- grief
- hard time
- hardship
- hassle
- heartbreak
- inconvenience
- irritation
- load
- misery
- misfortune
- nightmare
- nuisance
- ordeal
- pain
- pain in the neck
- pest
- plague
- rigor
- severe test
- sorrow
- suffering
- thorn
- tribulation
- trying time
- unhappiness
- vexation
- vicissitude
- visitation
- woe
- wretchedness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.