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発音

• IPA: /ˈkɹuː.sɪˌfɪks/

名詞

crucifix (plural crucifixes)

1. A wooden structure used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.

   Synonym: cross

2. An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.

   Synonym: cross

   Plain crosses are preferred by Protestants, but crucifixes by Catholics.

3. (gymnastics) The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.

派生語

参考

• crucifixion
• crucify

語源

Borrowed from Old French crocefis, crucefix, itself borrowed from Latin crūcifixus.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkriu̯sifiks/, /ˈkrusifiks/

名詞

crucifix (plural crucifixes)

1. Christ on the cross.
2. Any depiction of the crucified Christ.
3. A crucifix (cross figure)
4. The Jesus figure on a crucifix.

派生した語

• English: crucifix

参照

• “crū̆cifix, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.