crucifixion Definition
cru·ci·fix·ion (kro̵̅o̅′sə fik′s̸hən)
noun
- a crucifying or being crucified
- a representation of the Crucifixion as in painting or statuary
crucifixion Idioms
the Crucifixion
the crucifying of Jesus
crucifixion Synonyms
crucifixion
n.
crucifixion Usage Examples
Converse of subject
execute: Put on trial for sedition, he was executed by crucifixion.
Converse of object
- depict: Top of the pots Turner nominee Grayson Perry's first artwork was a plate depicting a crucifixion, called Kinky Sex.
- deny: We are left asking why the Qur'an should choose to deny the crucifixion without good evidence.
- survive: You've already seen that there is no way Jesus could have survived the crucifixion.
- represent: The east window is of stained glass, representing the Crucifixion of Our Lord.
- know: God of the cross, you have known crucifixion, holding your course in the face of disdain.
- show: The fine interior The east window showing the Crucifixion.
Preposition: on
side: The cross depicts the Crucifixion on one side and on the other the Virgin and Child.
Adjective modifier
- jesus': Paul became a believer in Jesus within a few years of Jesus' crucifixion.
- actual: The aliens showed a hologram, which they claimed was the actual crucifixion of Christ.
- own: Jesus convinces Judas to betray him and his own crucifixion swiftly follows.
- thy: I marvel at Thy voluntary crucifixion, O Compassionate One!
- drawn-out: And Paul's ministry was a kind of long, drawn-out crucifixion.
- mock: Following his mock crucifixion, Beth tells him that he's " an artist " .
Modifies a noun
- narrative: And throughout the Crucifixion narratives, tho the suffering is quietly understated, it is equally clear.
- scene: The crucifixion scene was ingenious, I was beginning to wonder where the crucifix was going to come from!
- story: This is further illustrated in the crucifixion story of Jesus, wherein he was taunted to get himself down from the cross.
- image: Art & Images for Easter Crucifixion Images The Ecole Initiative Range of crucifixion image.
- wound: After all, he was a couple of millennia old, and the old crucifixion wounds were starting to play up a bit.

