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cruces

American  
[kroo-seez] / ˈkru siz /

noun

  1. a plural of crux.


cruces British  
/ ˈkruːsiːz /

noun

  1. a plural of crux

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Dirigido por un impetuoso gobernador de 35 años, Samuel García, el estado ha cortejado la inversión extranjera mientras busca mejorar las carreteras para facilitar el paso a los cruces fronterizos.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Ibi murus super pilarios directus cruces a choro sequestrabat, hic vero nullo intersticio cruces a choro divisæ in unam clavem quæ in medio fornicis magnæ consistit, quæ quatuor pilariis principalibus innititur, convenire videntur.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche

Dum Ioannem Presbyterum contingit procedere cum exercitu in plena exhibitione, non deferuntur vexilla, sed tredecim cruces magnæ altitudinis et grossitudinis, de auro distincto pretiosissimis petris, in honorem Christi et suorum Apostolorum duodecim.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard

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 Butler, Samuel

Guillelmum Mari� de Honosio arbitrarie puniendum, cruces simplices, peregrinationes minores.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles