Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Latin cross with a circle superimposed on its center.
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- noun A
Christian symbol, common in Ireland, which combines the cross with aring surrounding theintersection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection
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Examples
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At Drake's Bay the chaplain of the Golden Hind held the first religious service in the English language on the American continent -- a service that is commemorated by a Celtic cross set up on a hill in Golden Gate
Fascinating San Francisco Andrew Y. Wood
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In the first are the bull standard and the Celtic cross, which were carried through the fields in ancient harvest festivals.
The Jewel City Ben Macomber
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This beautifully carved Celtic cross is rendered in an ornate antique faux-verdigris finish.
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A former Port Authority officer, Bill Connors, gave DeVona a Celtic cross, cut from trade center steel.
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Numerous granite monuments, and possibly others in red sandstone including the Fisher monument (1875) and Elizabeth Sharp Gregerson granitemarker in the form of a Celtic cross
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