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Noun: calvary
  1. Any experience that causes intense suffering
    "Dealing with his illness was a calvary for the entire family";
    - martyrdom
Noun: Calvary  kal-vu-ree
  1. A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
    - Golgotha

Derived forms: Calvaries, calvaries

Type of: affliction, hill

Part of: Jerusalem

Encyclopedia: Calvary, Georgia