via dolorosa

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Via Dolorosa^¹

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Latin, literally "way of grief".

proper noun

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

via dolorosa^²

noun via dolorosa

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.

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@misc{via_dolorosa_2026,
  title = {via dolorosa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/via%20dolorosa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}