Cruciger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cruciger is an adjective meaning (rare) Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous.
Meaning
(rare) Bearing a cross, in the manner of a globus cruciger; crucigerous.
Example Sentences
Crowned and cuir. bust of king r., holding cruciger sceptre, crown inlaid with gold.
It was applied now to the scepter cruciger which, ultimately, replaced it, although a period of overlap may well have occurred.
Æ 19.8 Full-faced bust of emp., with diadem surmounted by a cross and wearing cuirass; holding in r. hand a globe cruciger and on 1. arm a shield.
... the specimens furnish a certain terminus post quem for the reign of Meḥadeyos placing it much later than 420 when the iconography of the Victory with a cruciger sceptre was used for the first time on the 'solidi' of Teodosius II.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include globus, orb.
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