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Golgotha

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Golgotha (gŏl`gəthə), the same as Calvary Calvary (kăl`vərē) [Lat.
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Calvary

 or Golgotha

Hill in Jerusalem. The purported site of Jesus' Crucifixion, the hill was outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem and near the sepulchre where Jesus was said to have been afterward interred. Its exact location is uncertain, but most scholars prefer either the spot now covered by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or a hillock called Gordon's Calvary north of the Damascus Gate.


Golgotha
place of martyrdom or of torment; after site of Christ’s crucifixion. [Western Folklore: Espy, 79]
See : Martyrdom

Golgotha
(Calvary) site of Christ’s crucifixion. [N.T.: Matthew 27:32]


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