Definition of Golgotha

1. Noun. A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

Exact synonyms: Calvary
Group relationships: Capital Of Israel, Jerusalem
Generic synonyms: Hill

Definition of Golgotha

1. n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary.

Definition of Golgotha

1. Proper noun. (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified. ¹

2. Proper noun. At Oxbridge colleges in the 18th and 19th centuries, a slang term for the rooms of the heads of the colleges (i.e. a pun on 'the place of the skulls or heads'). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Golgotha

1. a place of burial [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golgotha

Golgi's osmiobichromate fixative
Golgi's stain
Golgi's theory
Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle
Golgi apparatus
Golgi bodies
Golgi body
Golgi complex
Golgi corpuscle
Golgi epithelial cell
Golgi internal reticulum
Golgi tendon organ
Golgi type II neuron
Golgi type I neuron
Golgi zone
Golgotha (current term)
Goli otok
Goliard
Goliards
Goliath
Goliath beetle
Goll's column
Gollum
Gollums
Goltz syndrome
Goma
Gombault's triangle
Gombrowicz
Gomel
Gomoku

Literary usage of Golgotha

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mercersburg Review by Reformed Church in the United States Publications Board, German Reformed Church in the United States (1857)
"BETHLEHEM AND Golgotha. rr.OM THE GERMAN OF RUECKERT. In Bethlehem the Lord of glory, Who brought us life, first drew his breath, On Golgotha, ..."

2. Sermons by Newman Hall, Augustinus, (1868)
"And they bring- htm unto the place Golgotha" — Mark xv. 22. JESUS to Golgotha? The perfectly pure One —He *f who was holy, harmless, undefiled, ..."

3. The Mercersburg Quarterly Review by Alumni Association, Pa.) Marshall College (Mercersburg, Franklin and Marshall College (1857)
"BETHLEHEM AND Golgotha. FROM THE GERMAN OF RUECKERT. In Bethlehem the Lord of glory, Who brought us life, first drew his breath, On Golgotha, O bloody story ..."

4. The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula by Carl Ritter, William Leonard Gage (1866)
"DISCUSSION V. THE CHRISTIAN QUARTER OF JERUSALEM, WITH Golgotha AND THE CHURCH OF TUE HOLY SEPULCHRE. It only remains that I should speak of the north-west ..."

5. The Psalms and Hymns: With the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the by Reformed Church in America, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church (U.S.) (1860)
"GO TO Golgotha. 1 GO to Golgotha and weep With the suffering Son of God, And behold, ... 2 Go to Golgotha, and see All the heavens in sackcloth hung, ..."

6. Notes on the Gospels, critical and explanatory by Melancthon Williams Jacobus (1862)
"33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to ... Golgotha—' a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew ..."

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