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Definition of crux ansata

crux ansata
Ankh Ankh, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Arch[ae]ol.) A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also crux ansata.
Crux ansata
Crux ansata Crux an*sa"ta [L., cross with a handle.] A cross in the shape of the ankh.

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- Crux Ansata, subtitled 'An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church' (1943) is one of the last books published by H. G. Wells (1866–1946). It is a scathing...
- used decoratively by neighbouring cultures. Copts adapted it into the crux ansata, a shape with a circular rather than droplet loop, and used it as a variant...
- Ansata (Latin for "handled") may refer to: Crux ansata, a Christian cross that is shaped like an ankh with a circular rather than oval or teardrop-shaped...
- of the simple cross mark, including the crux gammata with curving or angular lines, and the Egyptian crux ansata with a loop. Speculation has ****ociated...
- cross and circle, sometimes as the Lingam-Yoni, sometimes as the Ankh or Crux Ansata, sometimes by the Spire and Nave of a church or temple, and sometimes...
- conjectures that the nine imperial sarcophagi, including one which carries a crux ansata or Egyptian cross, were carved in Egypt before shipment to Constantinople...
- when used with either a Cross of Tau, the Hebrew Yodh, or the Egyptian Crux Ansata in the center.: 19–20  Talismanic shirts are found throughout the Islamic...
- Codex Glazier 5th-century liturgical Coptic relief featuring the Coptic crux ansata Wall painting of a jewelled cross (Kellia, Egypt, late 6th century) Coptic...
- et al., p. 90 Roosevelt et al., p. 91 Murphy and Arlington, p. 210 "Crux Ansata". gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 13 April 2018. Failmezger, p.29 "Bombardate...
- "life", it was adopted by the Copts (Egyptian Christians). Also called a crux ansata, meaning "cross with a handle". Coptic cross The original Coptic cross...