crux ansata

British  

/ ænˈseɪtə /

noun

1. another term for ankh

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Etymology

Origin of crux ansata

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

Example Sentences

For this monarch—also known as Amenophis IV.—and his wife are both represented as receiving the crux ansata from the Sun-God, and the Sun is marked with the crux ansata as its peculiar symbol.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by Parsons, John Denham

This is what is known as a crux ansata.

From The Eyes Have It by Garrett, Randall

The prototype was not the Egyptian, but the Babylonian crux ansata, the lower member of which constitutes a conical support for the oval or sphere above it.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

"The precise shape of the cross on the Temple of Serapis" can only be inferred from the words of the historian cited, and the inference therefrom is strong that it was the crux ansata.

From Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

He was the source of that divine life, of which the crux ansata is the symbol; and the source of all power.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert