Complete Definition of "Via Crucis"

English

Noun

via|Via crucis|Crucis

  1. The Way of the Cross.
  2. Any extremely arduous or painful experience requiring strength or courage to endure.

#:*2003: But the belief which became imprinted on him was that of the onerousness of God's �call�, a via crucis of religious duties � prayers, fasting, church attendance, Bible reading, soul-searching � from which he equally continually shied away � Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 187)

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