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holy rood

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holy rood
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a cross or crucifix, esp one placed upon the rood screen in a church
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (often capital) the cross on which Christ was crucified


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They were joined by two sisters - one from Holy Rood, Middlesbroughm - and were to live and work in the parishes of St Mark's at Marske and St Thomas in New Marske holding group meetings and visiting schools and homes.
Burial will be in Holy Rood Cemetery, Long Island, N.
Holy Rood clerk Eddie Collier, who recently retired as president of Falkirk and District BB, said: "I knew he had resigned but I didn't know the details until now.
 
 
 
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