[f. CRUCIFY + -ING1.] The action of the verb CRUCIFY; crucifixion (for which it was the earlier equivalent).
c. 1320. R. Brunne, Medit., 693. My crucyfyyng suffyseþ for alle mankynne.
c. 1450. Lonelich, Grail, xlv. 104. Forto hym it sufficeth no thing Of my ferste Crwcyfyeng.
1607. Hieron, Wks., I. 273. The crucifying of our affections, which the scripture speaketh of.
1653. Hammond, On N. T., John xix. 17. Christs carrying his crosse was a part of the Roman custome of crucifying.
