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Variant of crucify

crucify Definition

cru·cify (kro̵̅o̅′sə fī′)

transitive verb crucified -·fied′, crucifying -·fy′·ing

  1. to put to death by nailing or binding to a cross and leaving to die of exposure
  2. to mortify (the flesh) as by asceticism
  3. to be very cruel to; torment

Etymology: ME crucifien < OFr crucifier < VL *crucificare < LL(Ec) crucifigere < L crux, cross + figere: see fix

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crucified Usage Examples

Object

  • flesh: When He was raised from the dead He took the crucified flesh with Him.
  • thief: The story of the two thieves crucified alongside Jesus becomes the tale of the thieves " who stole Munch's Scream " .
  • criminal: In Roman law the corpse of a crucified criminal belonged to the next of kin.
  • man: It was possible for a crucified man to take five days to die.
  • figure: Its carving includes a crucified figure in addition to the characteristic Viking ornamentation.
  • nature: Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.

Preposition: on

  • cross: He was crucified on the cruel cross of Calvary.

Subject

    Preposition: as

    • criminal: For they had seen Him crucified as a common criminal; and three days had passed " since these things were done.

    Preposition: between

    • thief: Worn, wasted, crucified between the thieves, Ere night-fall ye might sup in paradise!

    Modifying Another Word

    • again: Back to get crucified again, says Jesus, as you have run away.
    • down: Our parents didn't really want us turned on a spit or crucified upside down.
    • never: Second, I believed that Jesus was never crucified nor did he know death.
    • then: He was betrayed by Judas, arrested by the Roman soldiers and then crucified, on Good Friday.

    Used with why or when

    • when: For example, Allah deceived mankind into thinking that Jesus was crucified when in fact he wasn't ( cf.
    • who: And it's the same Jesus who was crucified who rose.

    Preposition: in

    • weakness: For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power.

    Preposition: by

    crucified Quotes

    S'il faut choisir un crucifie¤  , la foule sauve toujours Barabbas. If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. —Cocteau,Jean

    The crucified Jesus is the only accurate picture of God the world has ever seen. —Baker,John Austin

       Would it have helped Ben Hur if Christ had not been crucified? —Ustinov, Sir PeterAlexander

    I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell;The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost;The holy Catholick Church;The Communion of Saints;The Forgiveness of sins;The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. —Book of Common Prayer

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