Definition of Greek cross. Meaning of Greek cross. Synonyms of Greek cross

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Definition of Greek cross

Greek cross
Greek Greek, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See under Calends. Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water, the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter and sulphur. --Ure. Greek rose, the flower campion.

Meaning of Greek cross from wikipedia

- "body"). The term Gr**** cross designates a cross with arms of equal length, as in a plus sign, while the Latin cross designates a cross with an elongated...
- and Christian cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Gr**** crosses, one in each quadrant, representing the Four Evangelists...
- Church, this [cross] is found also in the Gr**** and Serbian Orthodox churches" and is also used by Eastern Rite Catholic Churches. This cross is also found...
- ****enic College Holy Cross Gr**** Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC) is a private Orthodox Christian liberal arts college and seminary in Brookline, M****achusetts...
- cross; the cross symbolises Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The blazon of the flag is azure, four bars argent; on a canton of the field a Gr**** cross throughout...
- executions. The Gr**** word is used in descriptions in antiquity of the execution cross, which indicate that its normal shape was similar to the Gr**** letter tau...
- The War Cross (Gr****: Πολεμικός Σταυρός) is a military decoration of Greece, awarded for heroism in wartime to both Gr****s and foreign allies. There have...
- The Cross of Valour (Gr****: Αριστείον Ανδρείας, Aristeion Andreias, lit. "Gallantry/Bravery Award") is the second highest (and until 1974 the highest)...
- Western languages. The basic forms of the cross are the Latin cross with unequal arms and the Gr**** cross with equal arms; there are numerous variants...
-  Turkmenistan  Dominica — Gamma cross  Dominican Republic — Gr**** cross  Georgia — Jerusalem cross  Switzerland — Gr**** cross  England (UK constituent country)...