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

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

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 face of the old Minogue family gravestone, topped by a Celtic cross and the color of a sullen sky, had only so much room.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

Mike McNerney of Carbondale, Illinois, an authority on necked discoids, believes they are a corruption of the classic Celtic cross, with the ends of the cross being dropped from the design.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2015

Mr. Levy looked hopelessly at the rotting Celtic cross in the front yard.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole