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14. Cro flory. later depends on the verb.] 1. A structure consisting e entially of an upright and a cro piece, anciently used as a gibbet in punishment by crucifixion, now, in various reduced or representative forms, as a symbol of the Christian faith. There are four principal forms of the cro : (1) the Latin cro , or crux im mi a or cap it at a (the form supposed to have been used in the crucifixion of Christ), in which the upright is longer than the transverse beam, and is cro ed by it near the top; (2) the crux dec us sat a (decu ate cro ), or St. Andrew's cro , made in the form of an X; (3) the crux commi a, or St. Anthony's cro , made in the form of a T; (4) the Greek cro , an upright cro ed in the middle at right angles by a beam of the same length. The other forms are, for the most part, inventions for ecclesiastical, hierarchic, or similar ends. See the phrases below, and crucifixion . Also in the same Chapell, vpon the left honde of the seyd hye Auter in a lyke wyndow, ys the place where longe remayned the holy Cro e of ower Savyor Criste, aftyr that Seynt Elyne fond it, and now ther remayne non of it. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 41. Those ble ed feet Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd, For our advantage, on the bitter cro . Shak., 1 Hen. IV., i. 1. 2. A structure or monument in the form of a cro , or with a cro upon it, set up by the wayside, in market-places, etc., in Greek and Roman Catholic countries, to excite devotion. Such cro es are made in various forms, according to the occasion or purpose of their erection. Preaching-cro es are IMG:content-1661.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1662.png:[graphic] were so called because penances were înished before them. Cro es of memorial, or memorial cro es, were raised on various occasions, as, for example, in attestation of some miracle said to have been performed on the spot. Another cla is the mon umental or sepulchral cro , erected over a grave, or where a corpse was set down on the way to burial, like those erected by King Edward I. at the several places where the corpse of his queen, Eleanor, rested in its progre from Lincoln shire to the place of interment in Westminster. The palm -cro was a monumental cro decorated with palm-branches on Palm Sunday. Boundary cro es were erected as landmarks. She doth stray about By holy cro es, where she kneels and prays. Shak., M. of V., v. 1. Dunedin's cro , a pillar'd stone, Rose on a turret octagon. IMG:content-1663.jpg:[blocks in formation] We take from off thy breast this holy cro , Which thou hast made thy burden, not thy prop. Beau , and Fl ., Knight of Malta, v. 2. From Easter morning till the Ascension, a Cro of Crystal, or beril, was carried in all proce ions; just as the blood-red wooden cro had been borne throughout Lent. Rock , Church of our Fathers, III. if. 254. 4. Something resembling a cro , or some device in the form of a cro . Specifically-(a) The mark of a cro made, instead of a signature, upon a deed or other document, by one who cannot write. (b) In her .: (1) An ordinary consisting, when charged, of a fe e and a pale, or, when having no charges upon it, of a bar and a palet, meeting in either case about the fe e point. (2) A bearing having the shape of a cro , but in many varieties of form and size. Thus, a cro may be aiguisé, anchored, annulate, bottony, humetté, etc. See these words; see also below. 5. In England, formerly, any coin bearing the representation of a cro . The common reverse type of English silver coins from William I. to James I. was a cro . IMG:content-1664.png:[blocks in formation]