crucifixes
Meaning
of Crucifix
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
A decision by Germany's highest court that banned the display of crosses or crucifixes in classrooms has sparked widespread outrage and protest.
He would sink a ship freighted with crucifixes.
On some crucifixes a skull and crossbones are shown below the corpus, referring to Golgotha ( Calvary ), the site at which Jesus was crucified, which the Gospels say means in Hebrew "the place of the skull."
Shadowed side chapels beckoned with a beautiful array of statues, paintings and crucifixes, which vividly express the passion and power of Spanish Catholicism.
Hitler later removed the restriction on crucifixes, as it was damaging morale.
In January 2016, a prominent Christian church leader Rev Gu Yuese who criticised the mass removal of church crucifixes by the government was arrested for "embezzling funds".