Definition of Jerusalem cross

1. Noun. A cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar.

Generic synonyms: Cross

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jerusalem Cross

Jersey girl
Jersey girls
Jersey knapweed
Jersey lightning
Jersey pine
Jerseyman
Jerseymen
Jerusalem
Jerusalem Warriors
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke sunflower
Jerusalem artichokes
Jerusalem cherry
Jerusalem cricket
Jerusalem crickets
Jerusalem cross
Jerusalem oak
Jerusalem sage
Jerusalem syndrome
Jerusalem thorn
Jerusalemite
Jerusalemites
Jesolo
Jespersen
Jess
Jessamine
Jessamyn
Jesse
Jesse Jackson

Literary usage of Jerusalem cross

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

1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"It is also called a jerusalem cross, from its occurrence in the insignia of the ... Argent, a cross potent between four plain JERUSALEM. Cross of Jerusalem ..."

2. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"To the connection of the hospital with this Order, we probably owe the Jerusalem Cross, which the brothers wear, and which is so prominent in the church of ..."

3. The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art by William Wood Seymour (1897)
"This form also is sometimes called the jerusalem cross, but it was only ... Godfrey de Bouillon may have been influenced by the jerusalem cross. cfb Tau ..."

4. Notes on the Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity: The Gnosis and by John Yarker (1872)
"At the sides of the column are—Mitre, Maltese Cross, Patriarchal Cross, Jerusalem Cross, six stars, two letters; and round the seal the inscription—" RO, ..."

5. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Cross of St. James, Cross of Jerusalem, Cross of Jesus Christ, Cross of St. John of Acre. Cross of St. John of Jerusalem, Cross of St. Julian, ..."

6. Finger-ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by William Jones (1877)
"1855),, Mr. Gough Nichols exhibited impressions from two signet- rings, also bearing as a device the ' jerusalem cross,' or cross potent between four ..."

7. Biblia by Charles Henry Stanley Davis (1895)
"The question of the origin of the jerusalem cross is now rife, and good old Herr Schick has ... The jerusalem cross is found on all our publications. ..."

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