The Collaborative International Dictionary
Holy cross \Ho"ly cross"\ (?; 115). The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of
lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States,
engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally
called Brethren of St. Joseph. The Sisters of the Holy
Cross engage in similar work.
--Addis & Arnold.
Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
Wiktionary
n. A cross as a Christian symbol of the crucifixion of Christ
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 31.256168 sq. miles (80.953101 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 6.183244 sq. miles (16.014527 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 37.439412 sq. miles (96.967628 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33030
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 62.198048 N, 159.773418 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99602
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Headwords:
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Housing Units (2000): 139
Land area (2000): 0.284442 sq. miles (0.736701 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.284442 sq. miles (0.736701 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36885
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.600334 N, 90.994557 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 52053
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Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Holy Cross or Saint Cross may refer to:
- Christian cross, a frequently used religious symbol of Christianity
- True Cross, supposed remnants of the actual cross upon which Jesus was crucified
- Feast of the Cross, a commemoration most often celebrated on September 14
Holy Cross may also refer to:
Usage examples of "holy cross".
We will hasten whatever arrangements you may choose to make, confer with Father Boniface about the use of the church, for he has the cure of souls in the parish of Holy Cross, and with Hugh Beringar as sheriff and the provost and Guild Merchant of the town concerning your gathering at the High Cross in Shrewsbury.
But in these hills, it is said, rests the third relic, besides Holy Cross and Holy Lance, known to have touched our Savior.
He had a sixteen-year-old son in prep school, and another at Holy Cross, where Walsh had gone himself.
Little Jack's Principal Agent was a kid named Mike Brennan, a South Boston Irishman, a third-generation Secret Service agent with fiery red hair and a ready laugh, who'd played baseball at Holy Cross and frequently played catch and pepper with the President's son on the South Lawn of the White House.
Baptism and wedding were to be celebrated together, the day after tomorrow, Holy Cross Day.
Boidi, stumbling in the sawdust, found a nail from the Holy Cross.
Francis of Assisi upon the walls of the Church of the Holy Cross, but often when he went to school, his frightened eyes would see the puddles of blood which told of the terrible and endless warfare that raged forever between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, the followers of the Pope and the adherents of the Emperors.
By the Holy Cross, ye shall not escape me to-fore ye have yolden the custom of this castle.