pectoral cross

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noun Ecclesiastical.

a cross worn on the breast by various prelates, as a designation of office.

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Origin of pectoral cross

First recorded in 1720–30

Words nearby pectoral cross

pectinogen, pectinose, pectize, pectolite, pectoral, pectoral cross, pectoral fin, pectoral girdle, pectoralis, pectoral muscle, pectoral sandpiper

How to use pectoral cross in a sentence

Another, quite unmoved by the pectoral cross and crimson soutane, asked artlessly, "What was your college?"
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography|George William Erskine Russell
He would have thought it the face of a fast-living officer, but for the cassock and pectoral cross.
Talleyrand|Joseph McCabe
Amongst these we notice his stole and maniple and pectoral cross.
The Cathedrals of Great Britain|P. H. Ditchfield
His stole and pectoral cross are still in the possession of representatives of the family to which he belonged at Mitchelstown.
The Sunny Side of Ireland|John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger

Encolpion, en-kol′pi-on, n. an amulet: a Greek pectoral cross.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various