Golgotha Definition

gŏlgə-thə
noun
The place where Jesus was crucified; Calvary: Mark 15:22
Webster's New World
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pronoun

(biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

Wiktionary
(slang, at Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries) The rooms of the heads of the colleges (a pun on "the place of the skulls / heads").
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Origin of Golgotha

  • From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgotha) from the Aramaic גּלגּלת.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Golgotha

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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