Definition of Cruciforms

1. cruciform [n] - See also: cruciform

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruciforms

crucifix
crucifix fish
crucifixes
crucifixion
crucifixionlike
crucifixions
crucifixlike
cruciform
cruciform eminence
cruciform ligament of atlas
cruciform loops
cruciform structure
cruciforms (current term)
crucify
crucifying
crucigerous
cruciverbalism
cruciverbalist
cruciverbalists
cruck
crucks
crudded
cruddier
cruddiest
cruddiness
crudding

Literary usage of Cruciforms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1908)
"In these cases, which include the majority of the English cruciforms, the knobs that represent the arms of the cross have disappeared, and , the most ..."

2. Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions by Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson (1908)
"As a rule the churches are in plan simple T-shaped cruciforms roofed with barrel vaults and a dome. Two examples of such churches had already been published ..."

3. Mexico as I Saw it by Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1901)
"I saw four of the five known cruciforms, all more or less perfect, which all showed that endless time and pains had been expended on them, and yet every one ..."

4. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society by Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (1890)
"... it carried the chevrons and cruciforms of basketry to the decoration of earthen vessels. An early type of basket is seen in the Roman corbula (plate ii. ..."

5. Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine (1850)
"Some prediction was brought forward by the Coptic priests, to the effect that when these cruciforms appeared, they would symbolize a pure system, ..."

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