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decussatively

decussatively adverb: crosswise; in the form of an X.

Adverb

decussatively (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Crosswise; in the form of an X.
    • And if it were clearly made out what is remarkably delivered from the Traditions of the Rabbins, that as the Oyle was powred coronally or circularly upon the head of Kings, so the High-Priest was anointed decussatively or in the form of a X […]1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus
    • McClintock and Strong's Cyclopedia of Theological Literature Says: " […] The fathers, with their usual luxuriant imagination discover types of this kind of cross in Jacob's blessing of Joseph’s sons: in the annointing of priests ‘decussatively’; for the Rabbis say that priests were distinctively...1881, Mind and Matter, volume 3, number 44, page n3

Origin of decussatively

From decussative + -ly.

Questions about decussatively

What does decussatively mean?
Decussatively means crosswise; in the form of an X.
What part of speech is decussatively?
Decussatively is an adverb.

Words near decussatively in the dictionary

  1. decussates
  2. decussating
  3. decussation
  4. decussations
  5. decussative
  6. decussatively
  7. decussorium
  8. decutinized
  9. decyanation
  10. decyanations
  11. decycle

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