crux ansata
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of crux ansata
New Latin, literally: cross with a handle
Example Sentences
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Its emblem was the ankh or crux ansata.
From Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. by Myer, Isaac
The famous crux ansata, says Mr. Higgins, is to be seen on all the ancient buildings of Egypt; and is the mark alluded to by Ezekiel ix.,
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan
Its common name is crux ansata, or the cross with a handle.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
The prototype was not the Egyptian, but the Babylonian crux ansata, the lower member of which constitutes a conical support for the oval or sphere above it.
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius
It represents a confessor of the Roman church, who wears the crux ansata, the Egyptian symbol of life, the emblem of the four creators, in the place of the usual pallium.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
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