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Crux Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crux? [n] the most important point [n] a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crux: Crux Australis \| crux of the matter \| Southern Cross Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crux: ankh \| avellan cross \| baffling problem \| bench mark \| brain twister \| Calvary cross \| cardinal point \| catch \| chi \| chief thing \| Chinese puzzle \| chi-rho \| christcross \| Christogram \| climax \| core \| cornerstone \| crisis \| crisscross \| critical point \| 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 \| crossword puzzle \| crucifix \| cruciform \| crux ansata \| crux capitata \| crux decussata \| crux gammata \| crux immissa \| crux ordinaria \| dagger \| dilemma \| enigma \| enigmatic question \| essence \| essential \| essential matter \| ex \| exing \| floorer \| fork cross \| fundamental \| gammadion \| gist \| Gordian knot \| gravamen \| great point \| Greek cross \| heart \| high point \| hitch \| important thing \| inverted cross \| issue \| Jerusalem cross \| jigsaw puzzle \| joker \| kernel \| keystone \| knot \| knotty point \| landmark \| Latin cross \| long cross \| main point \| main thing \| Maltese cross \| material point \| matter \| meat \| milestone \| mind-boggler \| mystery \| node \| nodus \| nonplus \| nub \| nut to crack \| oxymoron \| papal cross \| paradox \| pectoral cross \| perplexed question \| perplexity \| pinch \| pith \| pivot \| pons asinorum \| poser \| potent cross \| problem \| purport \| puzzle \| puzzlement \| puzzler \| quandary \| question \| question mark \| real issue \| rood \| rub \| Russian cross \| salient point \| saltire \| sine qua non \| sixty-four dollar question \| snag \| sticker \| stumper \| substance \| substantive point \| swastika \| T \| tau \| teaser \| the bottom line \| the point \| thrust \| tough proposition \| trefled cross \| turning point \| vexed question \| voided cross \| why \| X See Also \| alpha and omega \| Alpha Crucis \| Beta Crucis \| constellation \| Milky Way \| Milky Way Galaxy \| Milky Way System \| point Crux In Webster's Dictionary \Crux\ (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl. E. {Cruxes} (-[e^]z), L. {Cruces} (kr[udd]"s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. --Dr. Sheridan. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. --Strauss.

Crux Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crux?

[n] the most important point
[n] a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crux: Crux Australis | crux of the matter | Southern Cross

Crux In Webster's Dictionary

\Crux\ (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl. E. {Cruxes} (-[e^]z), L.
{Cruces} (kr[udd]"s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.]
Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. --Dr.
Sheridan.

      The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.
                                               --Strauss.

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