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Definition of Patriarchal cross
1. Noun. A cross with two crossbars.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriarchal Cross
Literary usage of Patriarchal cross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art by William Wood Seymour (1897)
"The patriarchal cross, called by the French the Cross of Lorraine, ... Upon a
white cloak they wore a patriarchal cross gules, fimbriated with gold. ..."
2. History of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons by Henry Leonard Stillson (1890)
"A cross should also be prefixed to the signatures of all " professed " brethren
when signing as Templars, the double-barred or patriarchal cross being used ..."
3. Tactics and Manual for Knights Templars: Sword and Bugle Signals, Rules for by H. B. Grant (1882)
"Cross of Salem is a patriarchal cross, with an additional cross at its base, like
the one at the top, and is formed bj similar means; the rear cross forming ..."
4. History of Scottish Seals from the Eleventh to the Seventeenth Century, with by Walter de Gray Birch (1907)
"... or reverse, on which is shown a patriarchal cross between two similar estoiles,
and the sacred letters, alpha and omega, ..."
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