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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crucifix \Cru"ci*fix\ (kr?"s?-f?ks), n.; pl. Crucifixes (-?z).
[F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross +
figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross, and Fix, and cf.
Crucify.]
1. A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the
cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross
of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman
Catholics in their devotions.
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The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix.
--Milman.
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And kissing oft her crucifix,
Unto the block she drew. --Warner.
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2. The cross or religion of Christ. [R.] --Jer. Taylor.
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WordNet Crucifix
n 1: representation of the cross on which Jesus died [syn: rood,
rood-tree]
2: a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast
supports himself with both arms extended horizontally

Moby Dictionary
Agnus Dei , Calvary cross , Christogram , Greek cross , Holy Grail ,
Host , Jerusalem cross , Latin cross , Maltese cross , Pieta ,
Russian cross , Sanctus bell , Sangraal , T , X , ankh , ark , asperger ,
asperges , aspergillum , avellan cross , bambino , beadroll , beads ,
candle , censer , chaplet , chi , chi-rho , christcross , ciborium ,
crisscross , cross , cross ancre , cross botonee , cross bourdonee ,
cross fitche , cross fleury , cross formee , cross fourchee ,
cross grignolee , cross moline , cross of Cleves , cross of Lorraine ,
cross patee , cross recercelee , cross-crosslet , crossbones ,
crosslet , cruciform , cruet , crux , crux ansata , crux capitata ,
crux decussata , crux gammata , crux immissa , crux ordinaria , dagger ,
eucharistial , ex , exing , fork cross , gammadion , holy cross ,
holy water , holy-water sprinkler , icon , incensory , inverted cross ,
long cross , matzo , menorah , mezuzah , mikvah , monstrance ,
osculatory , ostensorium , papal cross , paschal candle , pax ,
pectoral cross , phylacteries , potent cross , prayer shawl ,
prayer wheel , pyx , relics , rood , rosary , sacramental ,
sacred relics , sacring bell , saltire , shofar , sukkah , swastika ,
tabernacle , tallith , tau , thurible , trefled cross , urceole ,
veronica , vigil light , voided cross , votive candle