单词 | stations of the cross |
释义 | stations of the crossor Stations of the Crossplural noun Ecclesiastical.a series of 14 representations of successive incidents from the Passion of Christ, each with a wooden cross, or a series of wooden crosses alone, set up in a church, or sometimes outdoors, and visited in sequence, for prayer and meditation. Origin of stations of the crossFirst recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby stations of the crossStationers' Company, stationery, Stationery Office, station house, stationmaster, stations of the cross, station-to-station, station wagon, statism, statist, statistic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for stations of the crossStations of the Cross pl n RC Churcha series of 14 crosses, often accompanied by 14 pictures or carvings, arranged in order around the walls of a church, to commemorate 14 supposed stages in Christ's journey to Calvary a devotion consisting of 14 prayers relating to each of these stages Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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