cross of lorraine

1. 1.

   a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper

   SynonymsLorraine cross

   BroaderCross

Questions about cross of lorraine

What does cross of lorraine mean?

cross of lorraine means "a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper".

What is another word for cross of lorraine?

Close synonyms include Lorraine 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 lorraine a common word?

cross of lorraine 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.