- plural of crux.
cruces
Americannoun
noun
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In "Memories and Portraits," Stevenson says: "A good serious play must be founded on one of the passionate cruces of life, where duty and inclination come nobly to the grapple."
From Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page
These sorts of cruces always are to 224 me the most insoluble, and I should not wonder if D.B. stuck there for a week or two.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
The comparative accuracy of this outline, so incredibly good as mere guesswork, must remain one of the chief cruces of Mediæval geography.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
Good wine and sound ale have their uses, To distinguish 'twixt which and abuses The clear-headed want; But illogical cant Will ne'er solve our worst social cruces.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 by Various
The sterility of hybrids has been always considered one of the great cruces in connection with any theory of Evolution.
From Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals by Samuel Butler
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