The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
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The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
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Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
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The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.
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