Passion cross
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Passion cross
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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It appears in a variety of shapes, the most familiar being the Latin Cross, the Passion Cross, the Greek Cross, St. Andrew's Cross and the Maltese Cross.
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The Latin or Passion Cross has the lower limb considerably longer than the other three.
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He just escaped, as he told his too-little reticent biographer, from one nearly fatal bout by crying out, “By Thy passion, cross, and life-giving death, deliver me.”
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These shared His passion, cross and power; a Lenten trilogy.
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