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Holy Rood
noun
- the cross on which Jesus died.
- (lowercase) a crucifix, especially one above a rood screen.
holy rood
noun
- a cross or crucifix, esp one placed upon the rood screen in a church
- often capital the cross on which Christ was crucified
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Holy Rood1
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Example Sentences
Among the people buried at Holy Rood are Joseph Nevitt, a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
The renovation of Holy Rood was completed in the fall of 2019.
I came rather warmly and lovingly; but these light ringlets, by the holy rood, shall not shade this shoulder much longer.
A tower of Tudor date, in the cemetery, marks the site of a chapel of the gild of the Holy Rood.
By the rood was a common oath; so by the holy rood, as in Shakespeare, Rich.
This chamber was formerly called the Chapel of the Holy Rood.
His poetry is literally stamped with the mark of the Holy Rood.
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