cruciform
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Origin of cruciform
1655–65; < Latin cruci- (stem of crux ) cross + -form
Vocabulary lists containing cruciform
Example Sentences
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She had been posed in a cruciform shape with her arms outstretched.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
I can tell where an intersection is because crisscrossing rows of fronds make the shape of a cruciform in the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2021
It is the essence of a cruciform faith.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2017
Mapplethorpe placed Warhol’s face in the center of a cruciform frame and encircled his head with a saintly glow, while Warhol saturated Mapplethorpe’s image in a deep, devilish red.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2015
They bolt the gun to a cruciform mount and cover it with camouflage tarps.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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