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Stations of the Cross

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary. Synonym: Stations.

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... have it. Amidst the silence of its holy places his turbulent majesty manifested itself in every direction. He prayed, discoursed, telegraphed, wrote and conducted inaugural functions. He made all the Stations of the Cross and preached to the German Colony in Jerusalem, telling them that amidst such surroundings "they should be possessed of a perpetual inclination to do good." And forthwith he proceeded to speak of his great friendship for the Sultan, ...

— The Schemes of the Kaiser • Juliette Adam

Words linked to "Stations of the Cross" : plural, Stations, devotion, Roman Catholic, Roman Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, series, plural form, Western Church