CRUCIFIX


Meaning of CRUCIFIX in English

[ 'kru:sɪfɪks ]

■ noun a representation of a cross with a figure of Christ on it.

Origin

ME: via OFr. from eccles. L. ~us , from L. cruci fixus 'fixed to a cross'.

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