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

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Celtic cross

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

Today, the reputed remains of that fire shrine, a broken Celtic cross and a 105-foot stone round tower, built in the age of pillaging Vikings, are the most visible remains of the pre-Reformation settlement.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

During low tide, they can — and should — walk across to see the island’s 14th-century monastery ruins and Celtic cross.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021

The Celtic cross dedicated to the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg can remain because of its ethnic character, as a symbol of Irish immigrant troops, the AHA predicted.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2019

I reach up and touch the small pewter claddagh Celtic cross I have worn since I was six, tracking the grooved outline of the heart with my finger.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline