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Definition of Cross of lorraine
1. Noun. A cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper.
Definition of Cross of lorraine
1. Noun. A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the first, intersecting the vertical bar midway between the larger horizontal bar and the top of the vertical bar: ? ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross Of Lorraine
Literary usage of Cross of lorraine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"It is also used to compose the collar of the ORDER OF THE SERAPHIM of Sweden.
Argent, a cross-of-Lorraine sable, is the coat of the French MARCELS. ..."
2. The Official History of the Three Hundred and Fourth Engineer Regiment by Army, 304th Engineer Regiment, United States (1920)
"THE cross of lorraine A national emblem of the independent Duchy of Lorraine for
centuries, and even now a distinctive cognizance of the Border Province of ..."
3. History of 313th U. S. Infantry, "Baltimore's Own," by Henry C. Thorn (1920)
"G The Cross of Lorraine NATIONAL emblem of the independent Duchy of Lorraine for
centuries, and even now a distinctive cognizance of the Border Province of ..."
4. The Delta of the Triple Elevens: The History of Battery D, 311th Field by William Elmer Bachman (1920)
"The double traverse of the Cross of Lorraine comes from the substitution, for
the Titulus, or inscription originally used to mark the Cross upon which ..."
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