Golgotha
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɡɒlɡəθə/, /ɡɒlˈɡɒθə/
- (biblical) The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
- Synonyms: Calvary
- (Oxbridge slang) The rooms of the heads of the colleges (a pun on "the place of the skulls / heads"). [18th–19th c.]
- 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:
- But smallcaps Printing is not the only, nor the principal uſe, for which theſe ſtupendous ſtone-walls were erected; for here is that famous apartment, by idle wits and buffoons nick-named smallcaps Golgotha, i.e. the place of smallcaps Sculls or smallcaps Heads of colleges and halls, where they meet and debate upon all extraordinary affairs, which occur within the precincts of their juriſdiction.
- 1726, Nicholas Amhurst, Terræ-filius: or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford (No. XI), page 59:
Golgotha (plural Golgothas)
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