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

It is essentially the same symbol as the crux ansata, and is emblematic of the male triad and the female unit.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas

It is therefore known as the key of life, and from its shape is called crux ansata, “handled cross.”

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James

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

The name that it technically bears 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

For this monarch—also known as Amenophis IV.—and his wife are both represented as receiving the crux ansata from the Sun-God, and the Sun is marked with the crux ansata as its peculiar symbol.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by Parsons, John Denham