Calvary cross
Calvary cross noun: a cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.
Noun
Calvary cross (plural Calvary crosses)
- A cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.
- Arms of Baldwin : Gules, on a chevron or between three Calvary crosses argent, as many slips of laurel fructed proper; with an inescocheon, Azure, within barrulets or, three escallops fessways erminois, in chief an etoile […] Crest, a squirrel or, sejant upon a hazel-branch fructed turned up behind...1864, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, page 57
- [...] in the Notitia Monastica it is a Calvary cross sable, standing on a basis of two steps, and fimbriated or. Or the device may have belonged to some guild or fraternity among the townsmen of Nottingham. Thoroton mentions one more[…]1867, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 168
Forms of Calvary cross
| plural | Calvary crosses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cross Calvary |
| alternative form | cross calvary |
Questions about Calvary cross
- What does Calvary cross mean?
- Calvary cross means a cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.
- What part of speech is Calvary cross?
- Calvary cross is a noun.
- What is the plural of Calvary cross?
- The plural of Calvary cross is Calvary crosses.
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