What is the meaning of stations of the cross?

noun

  • A representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary.
  • Roman Catholic Church. ( a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary).
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