crux ansata

noun plural cruces ansatae (ænˈseɪtiː)

another term for ankh

Word Origin for crux ansata

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

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Historical Examples of crux ansata

She is crowned and always bears the male symbol of life—the crux-ansata.
The God-Idea of the Ancients
Eliza Burt Gamble
A mixed vision, this of yours, Leo, with its mountain peak shaped like a crux-ansata and the rest.
Ayesha
H. Rider Haggard