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  • noun Plural form of crucifixion.

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Examples

  • Easter 'crucifixions' - Catholics in the Philippines nailed to crosses for Good Friday Pope Benedict XVI condemns 'corruption and illegality' of politicians and businesses on eve of G8

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Town councillor Jimmy Lazatin, an organiser of the event, said that the crucifixions were a way of attracting tourists who bought hats, sunglasses, soft drinks, snacks and shirts from vendors who converged at the site.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • Town councillor Jimmy Lazatin, an organiser of the event, said that the crucifixions were a way of attracting tourists who bought hats, sunglasses, soft drinks, snacks and shirts from vendors who converged at the site.

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • Town councillor Jimmy Lazatin, an organiser of the event, said that the crucifixions were a way of attracting tourists who bought hats, sunglasses, soft drinks, snacks and shirts from vendors who converged at the site.

    The Australian | News | 2009

  • "crucifixions" take place, though previous to 1896 they were annual in many places in New Mexico and Colorado.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • It is reasonable to believe in a Resurrected Jesus because His defeated, frightened fishermen followers could only have been emboldened to buck the tide and start a new religious offshoot of Judaism – the EArly Church – while in the face of oppression and crucifixions – They could only have been emboldened by the Resurrected Christ Himself.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010

  • Consider the genocides in the Old Testament and the crucifixions in the New, the gory mutilations in Shakespeare's tragedies and Grimm's fairy tales, the British monarchs who beheaded their relatives and the American founders who dueled with their rivals.

    Violence Vanquished Steven Pinker 2011

  • So it's a lot like the 1986 Tom Hanks classic The Money Pit, except with gouged-out eyes (a Fulci specialty), morgue mayhem, hungry tarantulas, crucifixions, demons, zombies, and a pretty spooky matte painting of hell.

    Stefan Beck: The Murders in the Roux Morgue: Fulci's The Beyond & Creole Gumbo Stefan Beck 2010

  • Knowing this historical truth about crucifixions, we should be surprised that the gospels speak so explicitly about Jesus' death.

    Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.: Requiem For Japan Rita Nakashima Brock 2011

  • Knowing this historical truth about crucifixions, we should be surprised that the gospels speak so explicitly about Jesus' death.

    Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.: Requiem For Japan Rita Nakashima Brock 2011

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