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Meaning of Via Dolorosa | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Painful road; difficult route
  2. The route believed to have been taken through Jerusalem by Christ on his way to Calvary.
  3. The Way of the Cross.
    figuratively

Examples

“The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s actions and the Prime Minister’s refusal to acknowledge they were wrong, let⟳ alone ask⟳ the bloke for his ticket.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Via Egnatia via ferrata via media via munita via negativa Viability

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