crux ansata

British  

/ ænˈseɪtə /

noun

1. another term for ankh

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Etymology

Origin of crux ansata

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

Example Sentences

The Latin, a long upright with shorter cross beam; the Greek, an upright and bar of equal lengths; the St. Andrews, in the form of a letter X; the Maltese, four triangles conjoined to a circular centre; the Hammer of Thor; and the Crux Ansata, or handled cross.

From Project Gutenberg

The last form of cross to which we shall here allude is that known as the Crux Ansata, or Handled Cross.

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They are replaced by the crux ansata.

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It is a modified form of the crux ansata.

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The name that it technically bears is crux ansata, or "the cross with a handle."

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