Synonyms for crucifix

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kroo-suh-fiks

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkru sə fɪks

Définition of crucifix

Origin : early 13c., from Old French crucefix (12c., Modern French crucifix), from Latin cruci fixus "(one) fixed to the cross" (see crucify).

noun cross

Example sentences :

In a little time, there was a crucifix on every dusky bosom.
Extract from : « A Bell's Biography » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I kissed her hands, which were holding the crucifix, and they had already turned cold.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

He looks upon the crucifix awhile and presses it to his lips.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various

What is the crucifix but that most awful of all things—the Grief of God made Visible?
Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley

"Nothing but death," said Paul, and lifting the crucifix he carried it to his lips.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Then she rolled aside, and the crucifix fell on to the floor.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

The Pope lifted the crucifix to his lips, and added, "And the man?"
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

It was here that the scene of the miracle of the crucifix is laid.
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

The shower had ceased and a ray of watery sunlight glistened on the crucifix.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

I waited for him to pull out a crucifix and sentence me to the stake there and then.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

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