Definitions
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- noun A series of pictures/statues
depicting theStations of the Cross , aslaid out around a church, along a road etc.
Etymologies
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Way + of + the + Cross
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Examples
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_Via Lucis_ -- the Way of the Cross, which is the Way of Life, and Light, and Love.
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In fact, the Way of the Cross is more than a devotional practice - it is a political act when prayed in solidarity with those who are being crucified every day in our world.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kathleen Deignan 2010
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Christian piety contemplates this episode of the Passion in the fifth station of the Way of the Cross.
Latest Articles USCCB.org/New American Bible 2010
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At Easter, Christians visit Jerusalem and follow Jesus Christ's path along the Way of the Cross to Mount Calvary.
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