Word.ws English Dictionary

Christus crucifixus

Christus crucifixus proper noun: the crucified Christ; Jesus Christ on the cross.

Proper noun

Christus crucifixus

  1. The crucified Christ; Jesus Christ on the cross.
    • The Gentiles would not perfectly relinquish all their Idols; so, they were persuaded to turne the Image of Jupiter with his thunderbolt to Christus crucifixus, and Venus and Cupid to the Madonna and her Babe.1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 6

Questions about Christus crucifixus

What does Christus crucifixus mean?
Christus crucifixus means the crucified Christ; Jesus Christ on the cross.
What part of speech is Christus crucifixus?
Christus crucifixus is a proper noun.

Words near Christus crucifixus in the dictionary

  1. Christos
  2. Christotokos
  3. Christoval
  4. Christow
  5. christs
  6. Christus crucifixus
  7. Christward
  8. Christwards
  9. christy
  10. Christy pit
  11. Christy pits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Christus crucifixus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Christus crucifixus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/christus_crucifixus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.