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rood-tree

rood-tree noun: the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Noun

rood-tree (countable and uncountable, plural rood-trees)

  1. The cross on which Jesus was crucified
    • Cryst who dyed for vs on the Rood tree, Sav the sowl of my Husbond, owr chyldren, and mee.1631, John Weever, Antient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent,: with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and...
  2. A representation of the cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Forms of rood-tree

pluralrood-trees
alternative formRood tree
alternative formRood-tree
alternative formrood tree

Origin of rood-tree

From Middle English rodetre.

Questions about rood-tree

What does rood-tree mean?
Rood-tree means the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
What part of speech is rood-tree?
Rood-tree is a noun.
What is the plural of rood-tree?
The plural of rood-tree is rood-trees.

Words near rood-tree in the dictionary

  1. rood-lofts
  2. rood-screen
  3. rood-screens
  4. rood-steeple
  5. rood-steeples
  6. rood-tree
  7. rood-trees
  8. roodebok
  9. roodeboks
  10. Roodepoort
  11. roodloft

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