St. Andrew's cross

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noun

a cross composed of four diagonal arms of equal length; saltire.

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St. Andrew's-cross

[ an-drooz-kraws, -kros ]

/ ˈæn druzˈkrɔs, -ˈkrɒs /

noun

a low evergreen shrub, Ascyrum hypericoides, native to temperate and subtropical America, having flowers in clusters of three: often cultivated.

“I do not support gay marriages being recognized in Florida,” he wrote Andrew Walther of Sanford.
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The St. Thomas gathering happened around 2005, according to Krauss.
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At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.
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The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
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The father of the wounded Officer Andrew Dossi sums it up perfectly.
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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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In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.
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The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.
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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
Her "St. Agnes" is an interesting rendering of a well-worn subject.
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