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Definition of Crucifix

1. Noun. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.

2. Noun. A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally.

Definition of Crucifix

1. n. 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.

Definition of Crucifix

1. Noun. A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans. ¹

2. Noun. An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a crucifix, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church. ¹

3. Noun. (gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crucifix

1. a cross bearing an image of Christ [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crucifix

crucible crucible steel crucibles crucifer cruciferae cruciferous cruciferous plant cruciferous vegetable crucifers crucifiction

crucifictions crucified crucifier crucifiers crucifies crucifix (current term) crucifix fish crucifixes crucifixion crucifixionlike

crucifixions crucifixlike cruciform cruciform eminence cruciform ligament of atlas cruciform loops cruciform structure

Literary usage of Crucifix

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

1. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"THE crucifix succeeded the cross in the chronology of sacred Art, and, we have reason to believe, preceded the crucifixion ; each forming a stage in the ..."

2. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"THE crucifix succeeded the cross in the chronology of sacred Art, and, we have reason to believe, preceded the crucifixion ; each forming a stage in the ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"... though that there was a crucifix there, such as described by Reformation historians, with a figure moved by rough mechanism, is certain ; but when or ..."

4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"It is called the crucifix of .lohn VII., and represents a mosaic in the old Basilica of St. Peter's. Rocen date* it 706. It bears the cruciform nimbus with ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"... crucifix>: copyrighted 1887, by F. Marion Crawford, and reproduced by permission of the Macmillan Company, Publishers MARZIO entered the inner studio ..."

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