PATRIARCHAL CROSS


Meaning of PATRIARCHAL CROSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 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 — called also cross of Lorraine — see cross illustration

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