cross-bearing
Carrying a crucifix
Cross-bearing is carrying a heavy burden, especially one accepted willingly as a duty or sacrifice.
The image comes from Jesus carrying his cross to crucifixion, and the term retains religious overtones—often describing patient endurance of suffering or hardship for a higher purpose: Marriage requires cross-bearing from both partners.
Execution by cross
- CalvaryBiblical execution mount
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- passionIntense emotional drive
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
suffering · martyrdom · sacrifice · redemption · pilgrimage · penitent · procession · Good Friday
Oppressive weight or duty
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
perseverance · struggle · suffering · tribulation · ordeal · patience · resilience · acceptance
crucifixion
Execution by cross
Golgotha · suffering · martyrdom · sacrifice · redemption · pilgrimage · penitent · procession · Good Friday · atonement
burden
Oppressive weight or duty
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
endurance · perseverance · struggle · suffering · tribulation · ordeal · patience · resilience · acceptance · difficulty
carrying
Holding and moving
- shoulderingCarrying on one's back
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- processionFormal moving line
wooden · heavy · labor · transport · hoisting · lifting · load · strain · exertion · balancing
- Biblical Sufferingaffliction, agony, anguish, Job, lament
cross-bearingunburdened
Freed from a load
carefree · unencumbered · weightless · untroubled · at ease
cross-bearingfaithless
Untrustworthy, lacking loyalty
apostate · irresponsible · uncommitted · disavowing · backsliding
cross-bearingself-indulgent
Yielding to one's desires
hedonistic · pleasure-seeking · self-serving · sybaritic · worldly
cross, bearing, crosses, crossed, crossing, crosswise, crossroad, crossroads, crossbar