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via dolorosa /ˌviːə dɒləˈrəʊzə /noun ( the Via Dolorosa) 1The route believed to have been taken by Christ through Jerusalem to Calvary.We walked through Jerusalem from the Western Wall to the Via Dolorosa, and visited the West Bank and Gaza, the Golan Heights, and the Sea of Galilee to get a sense of place and perspective....- The heavy patibulum of the cross is tied across His shoulders, and the procession of the condemned Christ, two thieves, and the execution detail of Roman soldiers headed by a centurion begins its slow journey along the Via Dolorosa.
- The ‘Egged’ bus dropped us at the Jaffa Gate, and we were taken to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - site of the Crucifixion - down the Via Dolorosa with its intriguing markets, and eventually to the Wailing Wall.
1.1A distressing or painful journey or process: he commenced a via dolorosa to the coast...- Uncertain of the outcome, Selma sings and dances her via dolorosa to the gallows accompanied by the guard.
- Backward beyond the beginning of this via dolorosa - this epic of suffering with episodes of sin - I see nothing clearly; it comes out of a cloud.
- The events which led to the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe and the Pacific followed a well-known path - the via dolorosa of mankind in the 1930s and early 1940s.
OriginLatin, literally 'painful path'. |