1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
3. Noun
Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.
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