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21Marcus Marius Gratidianus — (died 82 BC) was a praetor and a partisan of the popularist faction led by his uncle Gaius Marius during the Roman Republican civil wars of the 80s. Gratidianus is noted primarily for undergoing a particularly violent death during the Sullan… …
22crucifixion — /krooh seuh fik sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of crucifying. 2. the state of being crucified. 3. (cap.) the death of Jesus upon the Cross. 4. a picture or other representation of this. 5. severe and unjust punishment or suffering; persecution. [1375… …
23Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix — Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a crossing of two lines at right angles,… …
24Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) — Capital Punishment † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Capital Punishment The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The Latins use the word capitalis (from caput, head) to describe that which… …
25Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the Mosaic law were, by the sword (Ex. 21),… …
26slege — m ( es/ as) 1. a stroke, blow, beating; 2. of a serpent s sting, sting; 3. a striking, beating; (a) scourging; þéah þu þolie synnigra slege though thou suffer scourging at the hands of sinners; (b) stamping, coining; sléan 2a; (c) clashing,… …
27flagellation — (n.) early 15c., the scourging of Christ, from Fr. flagellation or directly from L. flagellationem (nom. flagellatio) a scourging, from pp. stem of flagellare (see FLAGELLUM (Cf. flagellum)) …
28διαμαστιγώσεις — διαμαστίγωσις severe scourging fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) διαμαστίγωσις severe scourging fem nom/acc pl (attic) διαμαστιγόω scourge severely aor subj act 2nd sg (epic) διαμαστιγόω scourge severely fut ind act 2nd sg διαμαστῑγώσεις , διαμαστιγόω …
29Flagellation — Flag el*la tion, n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth. [1913 Webster] …
30Scourge — Scourge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.] 1. To whip severely; to lash. [1913 Webster] Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? Acts xxii. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To punish …
