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Centering each crucifix was an eternal knot representing the strength of the Armenian faith.—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 Her mom pushed back a stray hair and straightened the small chain with a crucifix around the girl’s neck.—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026 Remove that crucifix from your wall.—Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026 Then, Sky went for the double knees in the corner, Morgan avoided, and hit Perez with a unique spinning crucifix bomb pin that nearly won Judgment Day the match.—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crucifix
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin crucifixus the crucified Christ, from crucifixus, past participle of crucifigere to crucify, from Latin cruc-, crux + figere to fasten — more at fix
Middle English crucifix "crucifix," from Latin crucifixus (same meaning), derived from earlier Latin crucifigere "to crucify," from cruc-, crux "cross" and figere "to fasten, fix" — related to cross, crucify, fix