PATRIARCHAL CROSS


Meaning of PATRIARCHAL CROSS in English

[patriarchal cross] n (ca. 1727): a chiefly heraldic cross denoting a cardinal's or archbishop's rank and having two crossbars of which the lower is the longer and intersects the upright above or at its center--see cross illustration

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