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papal cross

papal cross noun: a cross that serves as an emblem for the office of the pope in ecclesiastical heraldry, consisting of a staff with three horizontal bars near the top, diminishing in length as the top is approached.

Noun

papal cross (plural papal crosses)

  1. A cross that serves as an emblem for the office of the pope in ecclesiastical heraldry, consisting of a staff with three horizontal bars near the top, diminishing in length as the top is approached.

Forms of papal cross

pluralpapal crosses

Questions about papal cross

What does papal cross mean?
Papal cross means a cross that serves as an emblem for the office of the pope in ecclesiastical heraldry, consisting of a staff with three horizontal bars near the top, diminishing in length as the top is approached.
What part of speech is papal cross?
Papal cross is a noun.
What is the plural of papal cross?
The plural of papal cross is papal crosses.

Words near papal cross in the dictionary

  1. Papakura
  2. Papakyriakopoulos
  3. papal
  4. papal bull
  5. papal bulls
  6. papal cross
  7. papal crosses
  8. papal infallibility
  9. Papal State
  10. Papal States
  11. papal supremacy

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