crucifix
[kroo-suh-fiks]
- a cross with the figure of Jesus crucified upon it.
- any cross.
- Gymnastics. a stunt performed on the parallel rings in which the athlete holds himself or herself rigid with arms extended horizontally from the shoulders.
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Origin of crucifix
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Contemporary Examples
He pulled the crucifix from under his shirt and it glinted in the bright midday sun.
Did you not get a serious case of the creepy crawlies when those hordes of spiders spilled out of the crucifix?
One of the cornerstone images of the movement purports to be of a Syrian Christian, slain by a crucifix shoved down her throat.
Kim Kardashian Butts Into Syria’s (Online) Civil War With #SaveKessab CampaignMarlow Stern, Michael Weiss
March 31, 2014
Block manages to emphasize the importance of religious symbol in his clever use of the crucifix and monk in Hit Me.
Historical Examples
In a little time, there was a crucifix on every dusky bosom.
A Bell's BiographyNathaniel Hawthorne
I kissed her hands, which were holding the crucifix, and they had already turned cold.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
He looks upon the crucifix awhile and presses it to his lips.
What is the crucifix but that most awful of all things—the Grief of God made Visible?
The Golden FountainLilian Staveley
"Nothing but death," said Paul, and lifting the crucifix he carried it to his lips.
The ChristianHall Caine
crucifix
- a cross or image of a cross with a figure of Christ upon it
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Word Origin
C13: from Church Latin crucifixus the crucified Christ, from crucifīgere to crucify
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Word Origin and History for crucifix
n.
early 13c., from Old French crucefix (12c., Modern French crucifix), from Latin cruci fixus "(one) fixed to the cross" (see crucify).
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