pectoral cross
nounEcclesiastical.
a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.
Origin of pectoral cross
1First recorded in 1720–30
Words Nearby pectoral cross
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How to use pectoral cross in a sentence
Another, quite unmoved by the pectoral cross and crimson soutane, asked artlessly, "What was your college?"
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography | George William Erskine RussellHe would have thought it the face of a fast-living officer, but for the cassock and pectoral cross.
Talleyrand | Joseph McCabeAmongst these we notice his stole and maniple and pectoral cross.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain | P. H. DitchfieldHis stole and pectoral cross are still in the possession of representatives of the family to which he belonged at Mitchelstown.
The Sunny Side of Ireland | John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd PraegerEncolpion, en-kol′pi-on, n. an amulet: a Greek pectoral cross.
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