cross of calvary

1. 1.

   a Latin cross set on three steps

   SynonymsCalvary cross

   BroaderCross

Questions about cross of calvary

What does cross of calvary mean?

cross of calvary means "a Latin cross set on three steps".

What is another word for cross of calvary?

Close synonyms include Calvary cross. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cross of calvary a common word?

cross of calvary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.