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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 70 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALVARY  , the conventional

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English rendering of the calvaries of the
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Vulgate, the Latin version of the
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Greek xpavwv, both meaning "
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skull " and representing the
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Hebrew Golgotha, the name given to the
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scene of
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Christ's crucifixion . The
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term " a Calvary " is applied to a sculptured
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representation of the Crucifixion, either inside a
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church, or adjoining one in the open
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air . There are many examples of the latter in
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France,
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Italy and
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Spain .

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