CAPUCHIN CROSS


Meaning of CAPUCHIN CROSS in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized 1st C

Etymology: probably so called from its resemblance to a pilgrim's staff, an important tenet of the Capuchin order being that men are but pilgrims and strangers on earth

: a cross pommée

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