Cruciation

Quick meaning: Cruciation is a noun meaning (obsolete) torture or torment.

Meaning

(obsolete) torture or torment.

Example Sentences

a God that delights more in the prosperity of his saints than in the cruciation and howling of his enemies

Perhaps the brain was the soul, and instead of the soul leaving the body, it remained with it; and by feeling and knowing all the horrors the body was subjected to, suffered for the sins it had committed on earth. What had I ever done that I should undergo this cruciation?

Word Forms

• cruciations

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crucifixion, excruciation, crucifiction, torment, recrucifixion, torturing.

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