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

Stone, 66, said he wasn’t sure who had posted the image to his account but said he viewed it as a Celtic cross and apologized.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2019

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

His swashbuckling image — open-necked shirt, flowing locks — is carved into the base of a towering Celtic cross.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2015

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