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Definition of Crucifying
1. crucify [v] - See also: crucify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crucifying
Literary usage of Crucifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of England from the accession of James the second by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1867)
"... would hare had the smallest scruple about crucifying a whole school of gladiators
for attempting to escape from the most odious and degrading of all ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... the princes of this world knew,' and their ignorance of which was the only
extenuation that he offers of their guilt in ' crucifying the Lord of Glory. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"The solemn visage, unrc- laxed by a smile ; the intolerance of joyousness in the
mirthful ; the crucifying of other people's flesh ; these are not religion, ..."
4. Ingulph's Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland: With the Continuations by by Ingulf, Peter (1908)
"Taking the narrow path which leadeth unto life, and with frequent watchings and
fastings crucifying his flesh with the vices and lusts thereof, ..."
5. The Works of William Dell, Minister of the Gospel and Master of Gonvil and by William Dell (1816)
"But this is to be understood of Christ's inward and spiritual crucifying, through
the word of righteousness and life that dwelt in him; and according to ..."
6. Memoir and Correspondence of Eliza P. Gurney by Eliza Paul Kirkbride Gurney (1884)
"But I think I am getting a little more trustful, and have a faint hope that, if
I must continue in this crucifying path of faith, the day will come when ..."
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