Lexic.us

Definition of Crown of thorns

1. Noun. Any affliction that causes great suffering. "He bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

2. Noun. Somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts.

3. Noun. A mock crown made of thorn branches that Roman soldiers placed on Jesus before the Crucifixion.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crown Of Thorns

crown green bowls crown immunities crown immunity crown imperial crown inclination crown jewel crown lengthening crown lens crown mammal crown molding

crown moldings crown monkey crown of Venus crown of head crown of thorns (current term) crown of tooth crown prince crown princes crown princess crown princesses

crown roast crown saw crown tubercle crown vetch crown ward crown wards crown wart crown wheel crownbeard

Literary usage of Crown of thorns

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

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"But another relic of the Passion was preserved in the Imperial chapel of Constantinople ; and the crown of thorns, which had been placed on the head of ..."

2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"er part of the church, and where John stood, and Mary Magdalen ; where the mob derided the Lord ; where the angel sat; where the crown of thorns was found, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Warned against the emperor, Godfrey kept away from the imperial palace. respect for Him who had been crowned in that place with the Crown of Thorns". ..."

4. History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1907)
"The jokes about the Puritans are almost entirely absent. The crown of thorns, James writes, is the pattern of the crown which kings are called on to wear. ..."

5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Angelo del Paz (all the marks) ; Benedict of Beggio (the crown of thorns), 1602 ; Carlo di Saeta (the lance-wound) : Dodo, ..."

6. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and at the Period of the by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"The Crown of Thorns worn by Jesus Christ, preserved at Notre-Dame, rans.—It is composed of a ring of small reeds tied into a bundle (diameter, ..."

7. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson, Edward Burton (1857)
"... and his feet were transfixed and fastened with nails : his head, being pressed with a crown of thorns, was applied to that part of the erect which stood ..."

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