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Greek cross   /grik krɔs/   Listen
Greek cross

noun
1.
A cross with each of the four arms the same length.





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"Greek cross" Quotes from Famous Books



... climb of two hours brought me to the Croce Greca, the Greek Cross, which stands 1185 metres above sea-level. How hot it was, in that blazing sun! I should be sorry to repeat the trip, under the same conditions. A structure of stone may have stood here in olden days; at present it is a diminutive wooden crucifix by the roadside. ...
— Old Calabria • Norman Douglas
... we trace two principal forms, the Latin and the Greek cross, from which a great variety, with various significations, ...
— The Worship of the Church - and The Beauty of Holiness • Jacob A. Regester


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