An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
The death on the Cross of Christ.
The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
A painful or trying experience.
The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean
A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.