'Crucifix' definitions:
Definition of 'crucifix'
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Definition of 'Crucifix'
From: GCIDE
- Crucifix \Cru"ci*fix\ (kr?"s?-f?ks), n.; pl. Crucifixes (-?z). [F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross + figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucify.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- And kissing oft her crucifix, Unto the block she drew. --Warner. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The cross or religion of Christ. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crucifix'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Agnus Dei,
- ankh,
- ark,
- asperger,
- asperges,
- aspergillum,
- avellan cross,
- bambino,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- Calvary cross,
- candle,
- censer,
- chaplet,
- chi,
- chi-rho,
- christcross,
- Christogram,
- ciborium,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross ancre,
- cross botonee,
- cross bourdonee,
- cross fitche,
- cross fleury,
- cross formee,
- cross fourchee,
- cross grignolee,
- cross moline,
- cross of Cleves,
- cross of Lorraine,
- cross patee,
- cross recercelee,
- cross-crosslet,
- crossbones,
- crosslet,
- cruciform,
- cruet,
- crux,
- crux ansata,
- crux capitata,
- crux decussata,
- crux gammata,
- crux immissa,
- crux ordinaria,
- dagger,
- eucharistial,
- ex,
- exing,
- fork cross,
- gammadion,
- Greek cross,
- holy cross,
- Holy Grail,
- holy water,
- holy-water sprinkler,
- Host,
- icon,
- incensory,
- inverted cross,
- Jerusalem cross,
- Latin cross,
- long cross,
- Maltese cross,
- matzo,
- menorah,
- mezuzah,
- mikvah,
- monstrance,
- osculatory,
- ostensorium,
- papal cross,
- paschal candle,
- pax,
- pectoral cross,
- phylacteries,
- Pieta,
- potent cross,
- prayer shawl,
- prayer wheel,
- pyx,
- relics,
- rood,
- rosary,
- Russian cross,
- sacramental,
- sacred relics,
- sacring bell,
- saltire,
- Sanctus bell,
- Sangraal,
- shofar,
- sukkah,
- swastika,
- T,
- tabernacle,
- tallith,
- tau,
- thurible,
- trefled cross,
- urceole,
- veronica,
- vigil light,
- voided cross,
- votive candle,
- X