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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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.

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It is also called the 'handled cross,' or crux ansata.

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In some remarkable sculptures, where the sun's rays are represented as terminating in hands, the offerings which these bring are many a crux ansata, emblematic of the truth that a fruitful union is a gift from the deity.

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