crux ansata

/ (ænˈseɪtə) /

noun plural cruces ansatae (ænˈseɪtiː)

another term for ankh

Word Origin for crux ansata

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

Words nearby crux ansata

cruveilhier's sign, cruveilhier-baumgarten murmur, cruveilhier-baumgarten sign, cruveilhier-baumgarten syndrome, crux, crux ansata, crux of heart, crux of the matter, crux pilorum, cruyff, cruz

Example sentences from the Web for crux ansata

  • A mixed vision, this of yours, Leo, with its mountain peak shaped like a crux-ansata and the rest.

    Ayesha |H. Rider Haggard

  • She is crowned and always bears the male symbol of life—the crux-ansata.

    The God-Idea of the Ancients |Eliza Burt Gamble