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4 words match “CRUX”

CRUX n.
Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss.
CRUX ANSATA n.
A cross in the shape of the ankh.
ANKH n.
ed as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.
SAINT n.
the letter X. See Illust. 4, under Cross. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub (Ascyrum Crux-Andræ, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. Gray. -- Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under Cross. -- Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it wa…