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noun
a Latin cross having a shorter crosspiece above the customary one.
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Also called archiepiscopal cross .
Origin of patriarchal cross
First recorded in 1675–85
Words nearby patriarchal cross
Patri, patrial, patria potestas, patriarch, patriarchal, patriarchal cross, patriarchalism, patriarchate, patriarchs, patriarchy, patriate
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British Dictionary definitions for patriarchal cross
patriarchal cross
noun
a cross with two high horizontal bars, the upper one shorter than the lower
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