fiery cross

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noun

a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.

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Also called fire cross.

Words nearby fiery cross

fierce, fiercely, fieri facias, Fierstein, fiery, fiery cross, Fiesole, fiesta, fiesta de toros, fiesta taurina, Fiesta ware

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How to use fiery cross in a sentence

The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
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If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Harry Potter and the Torah of Terror|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
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What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But they refused to cross the street to help because, they told bystanders, the rules required them instead to call 911.
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In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
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To this, it is greatly to be feared, the fiery Southerns will not submit without an armed struggle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The shells came from Asia and Achi Baba:—in a fiery shower, they fell upon the lines of our front trenches.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
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British Dictionary definitions for fiery cross

fiery cross

noun

a burning cross, used as a symbol by the Ku Klux Klan

a wooden cross with ends charred or dipped in blood formerly used by Scottish Highlanders to summon the clans to battle

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