Definition of Cross of Lorraine

1. Noun. A cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper.

Exact synonyms: Lorraine Cross
Generic synonyms: Cross

Definition of Cross of Lorraine

1. Noun. A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the first, intersecting the vertical bar midway between the larger horizontal bar and the top of the vertical bar: ? ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross Of Lorraine

cross examinations
cross examine
cross examined
cross examines
cross examining
cross flap
cross flory
cross hair
cross hybridization
cross infection
cross junction
cross junctions
cross linking
cross my heart
cross of Calvary
cross of Lorraine (current term)
cross of gold
cross off
cross one's arms
cross one's eyes
cross one's fingers
cross one's heart
cross oneself
cross out
cross over
cross paths
cross pattée
cross peen hammer
cross product
cross products

Literary usage of Cross of Lorraine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"It is also used to compose the collar of the ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM of Sweden. Argent, a cross-of-Lorraine sable, is the coat of the French MARCELS. ..."

2. The Official History of the Three Hundred and Fourth Engineer Regiment by Army, 304th Engineer Regiment, United States (1920)
"THE cross of Lorraine A national emblem of the independent Duchy of Lorraine for centuries, and even now a distinctive cognizance of the Border Province of ..."

3. History of 313th U. S. Infantry, "Baltimore's Own," by Henry C. Thorn (1920)
"G The cross of Lorraine NATIONAL emblem of the independent Duchy of Lorraine for centuries, and even now a distinctive cognizance of the Border Province of ..."

4. The Delta of the Triple Elevens: The History of Battery D, 311th Field by William Elmer Bachman (1920)
"The double traverse of the cross of Lorraine comes from the substitution, for the Titulus, or inscription originally used to mark the Cross upon which ..."

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