About The Word Crucifix
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Crucifix
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What's The Definition Of Crucifix?
[n] representation of the cross on which Jesus died
Synonyms | Synonyms for Crucifix: rood | rood-tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Crucifix: Agnus Dei | ankh | ark | asperger | asperges | aspergillum | avellan cross | bambino | beadroll | beads | Calvary cross | candle | censer | chaplet | chi | chi-rho | christcross | Christogram | ciborium | crisscross | cross | cross ancre | cross botonee | cross bourdonee | cross fitche | cross fleury | cross formee | cross fourchee | cross grignolee | cross moline | cross of Cleves | cross of Lorraine | cross patee | cross recercelee | crossbones | cross-crosslet | crosslet | cruciform | cruet | crux | crux ansata | crux capitata | crux decussata | crux gammata | crux immissa | crux ordinaria | dagger | eucharistial | ex | exing | fork cross | gammadion | Greek cross | holy cross | Holy Grail | holy water | holy-water sprinkler | Host | icon | incensory | inverted cross | Jerusalem cross | Latin cross | long cross | Maltese cross | matzo | menorah | mezuzah | mikvah | monstrance | osculatory | ostensorium | papal cross | paschal candle | pax | pectoral cross | phylacteries | Pieta | potent cross | prayer shawl | prayer wheel | pyx | relics | rood | rosary | Russian cross | sacramental | sacred relics | sacring bell | saltire | Sanctus bell | Sangraal | shofar | sukkah | swastika | T | tabernacle | tallith | tau | thurible | trefled cross | urceole | veronica | vigil light | voided cross | votive candle | X See Also | cross Crucifix In Webster's Dictionary \Cru"ci*fix\ (kr?"s?-f?ks), n.; pl. {Crucifixes} (-?z).
[F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross +
figere, fixum, to fix. See {Cross}, and {Fix}, and cf.
Crucify.]
1. A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the
cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross
of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman
Catholics in their devotions.
The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix.
--Milman.
And kissing oft her crucifix, Unto the block she
drew. --Warner.
2. The cross or religion of Christ. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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