English noun: Stations of the Cross | |||
1. | Stations of the Cross (act) (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary | ||
Synonyms | Stations | ||
Broader (hypernym) | devotion, series | ||
Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church | ||
Domain usage | plural, plural form | ||