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Definition of Tau cross
1. Noun. Cross resembling the Greek letter tau.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tau Cross
Literary usage of Tau cross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Liturgical and Ecclesiastical Terms by Frederick George Lee (1877)
"was like a Tau-cross, T; an example of which, taken from an ancient specimen at
... An example of the Tau-cross pastoral staff may be seen in the hands of a ..."
2. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike (1874)
"Divesting a tree of part of its branches, they left it in the shape of a Tau
Cross, preserved it carefully, and consecrated it with ... By the tau cross the ..."
3. ... An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and Its Kindred Sciences, Comprising the by Albert Gallatin Mackey, Edward L. Hawkins, William James Hughan (1912)
"Speaking of the use of the tau cross in the Old Testament, ... Hence, in Christian
iconography, the tau cross, or cross of the Old Testament, is called the ..."
4. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"93, it is a " tau cross:" if a small square is pierced at the intersection of
the limbs, it is "quarter-pierced:" but, it is "quarterly-pierced" if the ..."
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