Definition of Cruces

1. Noun. (plural of crux) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cruces

1. crux [n] - See also: crux

Medical Definition of Cruces

1. Plural of crux. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruces

croyned
croyning
croyns
croze
croze iron
crozer
crozers
crozes
crozier
croziered
croziers
crp
cru
crubeen
crubeens
cruces (current term)
cruces gammatae
cruces pilorum
crucial
crucial bandage
crucial ligament
cruciality
crucially
crucian
crucian carp
crucians
cruciate
cruciate anastomosis
cruciate eminence
cruciate ligament of leg

Literary usage of Cruces

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

1. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"The Hotel at cruces—A felonious Cat—The New ... cruces is overflowing with Americans. Look at that one with (as is often the case) a paroquet on his hat, ..."

2. Herodotus: the fourth, fifth, and sixth books by Herodotus, Reginald Walter Macan (1895)
"Beside the six great cruces, ... (5), (6), something has already been said in discussing the more positive cruces which his narrative suggests : for the ..."

3. Travels in the United States, Etc., During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"cruces is overflowing with Americans. Look at that one with (as is often the case) a paroquet on his hat, a monkey on his right shoulder, and a squirrel on ..."

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