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Definition of Papal cross
1. Noun. A cross with three crossbars.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Papal Cross
Literary usage of Papal cross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"15) and the papal cross with the treble traverse. The last named, however, is
never placed behind the papal arms. Unfortunately, the bearing of the cross ..."
2. Handbook for Architects and Builders by Illinois society of architects (1908)
"4, is the papal cross, and is one of the emblems of the papacy, signifying, ...
4, the papal cross above mentioned. Fig. 8 is a cross potent, and Fig. ..."
3. Monarchs I Have Met by William Beatty-Kingston (1888)
"vestments, the chapel in question being considered, pro tempere, as a sacristy.
The apostolic sub-deacon brought in the papal cross, and two more writers to ..."
4. A History of the Baptists in Maine: Together with Brief Notices of Societies by Joshua Millet (1845)
"But as we have seen, the French were driven in 1613, from the Island by the
colonists of Virginia—the papal cross thrown down and another erected in honor ..."
5. Animal Simples, Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie (1899)
"Pills of the web, one before breakfast on three successive mornings, are to be
given for ague. The Garden or papal cross spider (Aranea ..."
6. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"papal cross. A modification of the Latin Cross, having three horizontal arms.
(Coin- pare Archiépiscopal Cross, above.) Poultry Cross. ..."
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