Cruciform Definition

kro͝osə-fôrm
adjective
Cross-shaped.
Webster's New World
Shaped like a cross; cruciate.
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Origin of Cruciform

  • Latin crux cruc- cross –form

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin crux (“cross”) + -form

    From Wiktionary

Cruciform Sentence Examples

  • The church of All Saints is cruciform, with central tower and spire.

  • The church df All Saints is a large cruciform building with low central tower.

  • Its chief remains of antiquity are a square peel-tower and the cruciform church of St Andrew, of which part of the fabric is of pre-Conquest date, though the building is mainly Early English.

  • It is beautifully placed near the river, and is a fine cruciform structure, partly Early English and partly Perpendicular, with a central tower and lofty octagonal spire.

  • The church of St Peter, a large cruciform structure, exhibits all the Gothic styles, and earlier fragments are traceable.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRU

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MRMORM

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