Via Crucis

noun

The Way of the Cross.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The Way of the Cross.
  2. Any extremely arduous or painful experience requiring strength or courage to endure.

    But the belief which became imprinted on him was that of the onerousness of God's ‘call’, a via crucis of religious duties – prayers, fasting, church attendance, Bible reading, soul-searching – from which he equally continually shied away

    2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 187

Translations

Portuguese via-crúcis
  • via-crúcisarduous experience
Spanish vía crucis
  • vía crucisarduous experience
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APA

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Chicago

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