| NOUN | act | Stations of the Cross, Stations | (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 |
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| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Synonym | Stations | |
| Category | Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
| Broader | devotion | (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) |
| series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another | |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | estaciones de la cruz, estaciones, Viacrucis | |
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