Celtic cross

American  

noun

1. a cross shaped like a Latin cross and having a ring that intersects each segment of the shaft and crossbar at a point equidistant from their junction.

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Celtic cross British  

noun

1. a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection

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Etymology

Origin of Celtic cross

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

On the back of his hands, he also had tattoos that appeared to be a Celtic cross and, from Norse mythology, a Thor’s hammer symbol.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

His monument, a Celtic cross, is appropriately carved with the images of birds.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2022

Bernadette Martin, daughter of Margaret Keane, and her family, successfully fought for the right to have a Celtic cross bearing the words on her mother's grave at St Giles Church in Exhall.

From BBC • May 28, 2022

At Sunday’s annual Celtic cross ceremony, Dennis Counihan, grand marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day parade this year, recalled how the early Irish immigrants to Savannah were “fleeing religious, political and social persecution.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2017

Near the dead tree there w'as a slight mound of earth and a leaning Celtic cross cut from plywood.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole