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  • noun The Way of the Cross.
  • noun Any extremely arduous or painful experience requiring strength or courage to endure.

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Examples

  • And he used to pray only Fridays of his life, the Via Crucis, that is the 14 stations of our Lord, with the cross.

    CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2006 2006

  • During the procession, also known as Via Crucis, thousands of people, many carrying candles, wound their way round the Colosseum as they marked the 14 Stations of the Cross that commemorate the last hours leading to Jesus 'crucifixion.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Via Crucis is a "great occasion to help people get to the heart of our faith more deeply or to rediscover it for those who have been distanced" from the church, Ruini added.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Via Crucis is a "great occasion to help people get to the heart of our faith more deeply or to rediscover it for those who have been distanced" from the church, Ruini added.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Via Crucis is a "great occasion to help people get to the heart of our faith more deeply or to rediscover it for those who have been distanced" from the church, Ruini added.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • During the procession, also known as Via Crucis, thousands of people, many carrying candles, wound their way round the Colosseum as they marked the 14 Stations of the Cross that commemorate the last hours leading to Jesus 'crucifixion.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • During the procession, also known as Via Crucis, thousands of people, many carrying candles, wound their way round the Colosseum as they marked the 14 Stations of the Cross that commemorate the last hours leading to Jesus 'crucifixion.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • During the procession, also known as Via Crucis, thousands of people, many carrying candles, wound their way round the Colosseum as they marked the 14 Stations of the Cross that commemorate the last hours leading to Jesus 'crucifixion.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Via Crucis is a "great occasion to help people get to the heart of our faith more deeply or to rediscover it for those who have been distanced" from the church, Ruini added.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The Via Crucis is a "great occasion to help people get to the heart of our faith more deeply or to rediscover it for those who have been distanced" from the church, Ruini added.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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