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单词 crucifix
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Definition of crucifix in English:

crucifix

noun ˈkruːsɪfɪksˈkrusəˌfɪks
  • A representation of a cross with a figure of Christ on it.

    a large silver crucifix on a chain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a modern, quiet chapel and a yet-to-be-commissioned crucifix overlooking the main entrance.
    • The crucifix at Cross Hills was erected as a war memorial in August 1917, its cost being met by villagers.
    • I gazed at a silver crucifix dangling on a fine chain under the pit of her throat.
    • He tried to enforce the wearing of dog collars but undermined his own argument somewhat when he confessed how he liked to wander incognito in Rome's flea markets in search of discarded chalices, crucifixes and holywater fonts.
    • He nearly fainted with fear but somehow he managed to pull free and grab his silver crucifix.
    • While Luther was still hidden in the Wartburg, the first iconoclastic rioters entered his own church in Wittenberg in January 1522 to tear down and destroy the paintings, statues and above all, the crucifixes.
    • The crucifix contained a piece of wood taken from the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
    • Through the 1950s and 60s, he carved crucifixes, lecterns and other features for churches across England and Wales.
    • Examples of jewellery being worn other than for adornment, are necklaces such as the cross or crucifixes worn by Christians as potent religious symbols.
    • Inside are altars, lecterns, linens, candles, crosses and crucifixes, offering plates, communion sets, and several versions of the Bible to support Protestant and Catholic Christians.
    • And the texts advocated that a crucifix or an image of the Crucifixion should always be in the sight of the dying person.
    • On the very right-hand edge of the painting, the curtain is slightly pulled back to reveal a silver crucifix.
    • They find him not as a dead Christ on a crucifix, but as a living Saviour, who is both willing and able to give them eternal life and peace with God.
    • The souvenir shops, with their olive wood crucifixes and mother of pearl nativity tableaux, are shuttered.
    • To a papist, Luther thought, the crucifix was indeed an idol, something to be venerated and bowed down to.
    • During the 13th century, crucifixes and images of saints and the Virgin, which had long been hung in churches or carried in procession, were located permanently on the altars with which they were associated.
    • She made tabernacle doors, Stations of the Cross, crucifixes as well as other items for churches and oratories all over the country.
    • Images of black-clad Roman Catholic priests holding crucifixes and carrying bottles of holy water also spring to mind.
    • They do not even seem to allude to crucifixes or church buildings or vestments or liturgical practice.
    • That shift encouraged decorative artistic works like crucifixes to be affixed to the walls facing the priests and the congregation.
    Synonyms
    rood

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin crucifixus, from Latin cruci fixus 'fixed to a cross'. Compare with crucify.

 
 

Definition of crucifix in US English:

crucifix

nounˈkro͞osəˌfiksˈkrusəˌfɪks
  • A representation of a cross with a figure of Jesus Christ on it.

    a large silver crucifix on a chain
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a modern, quiet chapel and a yet-to-be-commissioned crucifix overlooking the main entrance.
    • He tried to enforce the wearing of dog collars but undermined his own argument somewhat when he confessed how he liked to wander incognito in Rome's flea markets in search of discarded chalices, crucifixes and holywater fonts.
    • And the texts advocated that a crucifix or an image of the Crucifixion should always be in the sight of the dying person.
    • That shift encouraged decorative artistic works like crucifixes to be affixed to the walls facing the priests and the congregation.
    • Inside are altars, lecterns, linens, candles, crosses and crucifixes, offering plates, communion sets, and several versions of the Bible to support Protestant and Catholic Christians.
    • On the very right-hand edge of the painting, the curtain is slightly pulled back to reveal a silver crucifix.
    • They do not even seem to allude to crucifixes or church buildings or vestments or liturgical practice.
    • She made tabernacle doors, Stations of the Cross, crucifixes as well as other items for churches and oratories all over the country.
    • I gazed at a silver crucifix dangling on a fine chain under the pit of her throat.
    • The crucifix contained a piece of wood taken from the cross on which Jesus was crucified.
    • To a papist, Luther thought, the crucifix was indeed an idol, something to be venerated and bowed down to.
    • During the 13th century, crucifixes and images of saints and the Virgin, which had long been hung in churches or carried in procession, were located permanently on the altars with which they were associated.
    • The crucifix at Cross Hills was erected as a war memorial in August 1917, its cost being met by villagers.
    • While Luther was still hidden in the Wartburg, the first iconoclastic rioters entered his own church in Wittenberg in January 1522 to tear down and destroy the paintings, statues and above all, the crucifixes.
    • Through the 1950s and 60s, he carved crucifixes, lecterns and other features for churches across England and Wales.
    • He nearly fainted with fear but somehow he managed to pull free and grab his silver crucifix.
    • They find him not as a dead Christ on a crucifix, but as a living Saviour, who is both willing and able to give them eternal life and peace with God.
    • Examples of jewellery being worn other than for adornment, are necklaces such as the cross or crucifixes worn by Christians as potent religious symbols.
    • The souvenir shops, with their olive wood crucifixes and mother of pearl nativity tableaux, are shuttered.
    • Images of black-clad Roman Catholic priests holding crucifixes and carrying bottles of holy water also spring to mind.
    Synonyms
    rood

Origin

Middle English: via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin crucifixus, from Latin cruci fixus ‘fixed to a cross’. Compare with crucify.

 
 
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