noun
a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation : V.C.
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Origin of Victoria Cross First recorded in 1855–60
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How to use Victoria Cross in a sentence The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
But they refused to cross the street to help because, they told bystanders, the rules required them instead to call 911.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
Lady Victoria's earlier mood of colossal indifference had been dissipated by her son's return.
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
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British Dictionary definitions for Victoria Cross
noun
the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to the British and Commonwealth armed forces: instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria
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