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Latin cross

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Latin cross
n.
A cross with a shorter horizontal bar intersecting a longer vertical bar above the midpoint.
Latin cross
n
(History / Heraldry) a cross the lowest arm of which is longer than the other three
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Noun1.Latin crossLatin cross - a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others
Cross - a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry


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Prior to the federal action, other government officials had insisted that the 29-foot-tall Latin cross is a war memorial.
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I am the plaintiff who filed a lawsuit on May 31, 1989, against the City of San Diego with the aim to remove the twenty-four-ton Latin cross from the public park.
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to seek religious freedom, he was worried about the implied message of a Latin cross standing in a national preserve in the Mojave Desert.
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