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via dolorosa

via dolorosa noun: painful road; difficult route.

Noun

via dolorosa (plural via dolorosa)

  1. Painful road; difficult route
    • 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.2020, Stephen Daisley, The Spectator

Proper noun capitalized: Via Dolorosa

Via Dolorosa

  1. The route believed to have been taken through Jerusalem by Christ on his way to Calvary.
  2. (figuratively) The Way of the Cross.

Forms of via dolorosa

pluralvia dolorosa

Origin of via dolorosa

Latin, literally "way of grief".

Questions about via dolorosa

What does via dolorosa mean?
Via dolorosa means painful road; difficult route.
What part of speech is via dolorosa?
Via dolorosa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of via dolorosa?
The plural of via dolorosa is via dolorosa.

Words near via dolorosa in the dictionary

  1. vi-apples
  2. vi.
  3. via
  4. via affirmativa
  5. Via Crucis
  6. via dolorosa
  7. Via Egnatia
  8. via ferrata
  9. via ferratas
  10. via glareata
  11. via media

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