Stake
Upright
Upright noun - A vertical structural member as a post or stake.
Nearby Words: uprightness, uprightly
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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They teach that Christ was not nailed to a "cross" but a stake, which was the common method of execution for criminals then, and which the Romans referred to as a stauros (upright stake) or crux simplex in Latin.
Source: Useful Notes / Christianity
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