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Sta·tions of the Cross (stshnz)

pl.n. Roman Catholic Church

1. A devotion consisting of prayers and meditations before each of 14 crosses or images set up in a church or along a path commemorating the events of the Passion of Jesus.

2. The 14 crosses of this devotion, often accompanied by images or pictures representing the events of the Passion of Jesus.

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Stations of the Cross

pl n RC Church

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a series of 14 crosses, often accompanied by 14 pictures or carvings, arranged in order around the walls of a church, to commemorate 14 supposed stages in Christ's journey to Calvary

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a devotion consisting of 14 prayers relating to each of these stages

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Stations of the Cross - (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 Stations devotion - (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently); "he returned to his devotions" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"