Bible Dictionaries
Crucifixion

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

(2):

(n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

(3):

(n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Crucifixion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/crucifixion.html. 1828.