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How to pronounce crucifix in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rood, rood-tree
Type of cross
Derivation crucify
Type Words
Type of gymnastic exercise

Examples of crucifix

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They stop by the crucifix still standing near what used to be the main entrance.
From the cnn.com
Then he threw her down, grabbed the crucifix off a wall and started beating her.
From the washingtonpost.com
Nardella brought the crucifix, where it went on permanent display in the school.
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Sulze placed candles, an advent wreath, a crucifix and several statues of Jesus.
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Defying the official atheism of the state, Olga insisted on wearing a crucifix.
From the post-gazette.com
This is just the same as if a player comes on wearing a crucifix on a neck chain.
From the guardian.co.uk
The repetitive crucifix imagery, and the loud organ music just felt over the top.
From the guardian.co.uk
You find their crucifix, their purse, pictures of their children, personal items.
From the guardian.co.uk
It was a baby blue, beaded crucifix, he said, that makes him think of his mother.
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More examples
  • Representation of the cross on which Jesus died
  • A gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally
  • A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is a usually three-dimensional cross with a representation of Jesus' body, referred to in English as the corpus (Latin for "body"), as distinct from a cross with no body. ...
  • Crucifix was an American hardcore punk band from Berkeley, California, active from 1980 to 1984. They were among the most popular acts of the San Francisco hardcore scene of the early 1980s. ...
  • Crucifix (1837u20131857) was an undefeated, Classic Race winning, British-bred Thoroughbred racemare. She was also the dam of three sires who had a great influence on the breed.
  • Two different crucifixes, or strictly wooden corpus figures for crucifixes, are attributed to the High Renaissance master Michelangelo, although neither is univerally accepted as his. Both are relatively small figures which would have been produced in Michelangelo's youth.
  • A wooden cross used for crucifixions, as by the Romans; An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a crucifix, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church; The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side ...
  • To see a crucifix in a dream, is a warning of distress approaching, which will involve others beside yourself. To kiss one, foretells that trouble will be accepted by you with resignation. ...
  • From Latin, crux, meaning "cross." A crucifix is a cross bearing the likeness of the body of Christ on it.