The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cross-bearer
Cross-bearer \Cross"-bear`er\ (-b?r`?r), n. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
Usage examples of "cross-bearer".
And though they all dispersed and left him there with no other follower than EDWARD GRYME, his faithful cross-bearer, he was as firm then, as ever he had been in his life.