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Judas cradles

Judas cradles is the plural of Judas cradle.

Meaning of Judas cradle

Noun

Judas cradle (plural Judas cradles)

  1. A purported torture device invented in Spain in the 16th century by the Spanish Inquisition by which the suspended victim’s orifice, usually the anus, was slowly impaled on and stretched by the pyramidal tip of the seat.
    Synonyms:
    Judas chair

Questions about Judas cradles

What is Judas cradles the plural of?
Judas cradles is the plural of Judas cradle.

Words near Judas cradles in the dictionary

  1. Judaizing
  2. judas
  3. Judas chair
  4. Judas chairs
  5. Judas cradle
  6. Judas cradles
  7. Judas goat
  8. Judas goats
  9. Judas Iscariot
  10. Judas Iscariots
  11. Judas kiss

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