- plural of crux.
cruces
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Then after a page or two we come to the chief cruces of Moore's pathetic and of his comic manner, "The Last Rose of Summer," "The Young May Moon," and "The Minstrel Boy."
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury
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
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
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
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