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Crucis

[ kroo-sis ]

/ ˈkru sɪs /

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noun Astronomy.

genitive of Crux.

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Origin of Crucis

From Latin

Words nearby Crucis

crucifix, crucifixion, crucifixion thorn, cruciform, crucify, Crucis, cruciverbalist, cruck, crud, cruddy, crude

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How to use Crucis in a sentence

While we were marooned here we visited Vale Crucis Abbey, about a mile distant.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
The one hope of France lies in her children being taught from the cradle the via crucis, via Regis.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847|T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
If otherwise, surely some tangible period should be assigned for the endurance of this experimentum crucis.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 68, No. 417, July, 1850|Various
Coniuncta igitur corpora, signo crucis triumphali consignauit.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

The remains of Valle Crucis give a special human interest to a district that is wonderfully full of beauty and charm.
The Rivers of Great Britain; Rivers of the South and West Coasts|Various