| 单词 | via crucis |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVia Crucis b. Via Crucis /ˈkruːtʃɪs/ = Way of the Cross n.; also figurative, an extremely painful experience that has to be borne with fortitude; Via Dolorosa /dɒləˈrəʊzə/ [Latin dolōrōsus dolorous adj.] , the route in Jerusalem that Christ is believed to have followed from Pilate's judgement-hall to Calvary; also figurative, = figurative sense of Via Crucis. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > circumstance or occurrence plightc1300 woea1325 fanda1400 afflictionc1429 assayc1430 brier?1504 trouble?1521 distress1549 smarts1552 say?1572 infliction1590 disaccommodation1645 trial1754 ordeal1807 time1809 kill-cow1825 Via Crucis1844 Via Dolorosa1844 racket1877 pisser1957 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical places > [noun] olivetOE Calvaryc1000 the Holy (Saint) Sepulchre (occasionally the Sepulchre)c1200 Holy Citya1382 Jerusalem1382 holy grave1481 Holy Sepulture1525 Armageddona1638 Via Crucis1844 Via Dolorosa1878 1844 Orthodox Jrnl. 10 Aug. 100 Thirteen small altar pieces surround the arena [of the Colosseum], and Benedict XIV. introduced here the Via Crucis, or devotion to the passion, performed by a brotherhood of monks every Friday afternoon. 1878 R. L. Stevenson Inland Voy. 186 Fitly enough may the potentate bestride his charger, like a centurion in an old German print of the Via Dolorosa; but the toys should be put away in a box among some cotton, until..the children are abroad again. 1901 M. Carmichael In Tuscany 236 The loggia is 250 feet in length, on one side of it is a Via Crucis in bas-relief, on the other frescoes representing scenes from the life of the Saint. 1904 H. O. Sturgis Belchamber ii. 23 Each step in the via dolorosa of his existence was fated to be more awful than the last. 1910 C. E. Montague Hind let Loose xv. 290 Fay, with his feeble pity for all souls in trouble, winced to see this one..sneaking..down the same via dolorosa. 1923 G. M. Trevelyan Manin & Venetian Revol. iv. 68 Silvio Pellico, whose narrative of his own martyrdom was the guide-book of Italian patriots on their via crucis. 1944 Horizon July 71 Every human being makes the via crucis from innocence to experience. 1972 Guardian 30 Nov. 14/5 ‘Via Galactica’ [sc. a play] turns out to be Peter Hall's Via Dolorosa. 1980 O. Manning Sum of Things xix. 154 In the Via Dolorosa a procession was advancing slowly over the spacious, creamy flagstones. 1982 ‘M. Hebden’ Pel & Staghound xvii. 191 The Lord never intended the Via Crucis to be travelled with ease, child. 1984 Observer 25 Nov. 9/2 Whatever might have happened to other ‘wets’ on their via dolorosa between 1979 and 1983, it was..hardly on the cards that Mrs Thatcher would simply drop Peter Walker. < as lemmas |
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