- calvary⇄calvary, noun, pl.-ries.
1. a statuary group representing the Crucifixion, usually lifesize and placed in the open on a hill, but sometimes smaller and in a chapel.
Ex. By the side of the high road ... is one of those calvaries so associated w - Calvary⇄Calvary, noun.
the place near ancient Jerusalem where Jesus died on the Cross; Golgotha (in the Bible, Luke 23:33).