crux ansata

/ ænˈseɪtə /

noun

1. another term for ankh

Word History and Origins

Origin of crux ansata¹

New Latin, literally: cross with a handle

Example Sentences

The Latin, a long upright with shorter cross beam; the Greek, an upright and bar of equal lengths; the St. Andrews, in the form of a letter X; the Maltese, four triangles conjoined to a circular centre; the Hammer of Thor; and the Crux Ansata, or handled cross.

From Project Gutenberg

The last form of cross to which we shall here allude is that known as the Crux Ansata, or Handled Cross.

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The erect oval symbol of the Female Principle of Nature became the Vesica Piscis, and the Crux Ansata, testifying the union of the male and female in the most obvious manner, is transformed into the orb surmounted by the cross, as an ensign of royalty.

From Project Gutenberg

The symbol resembles the crux ansata in its signification, and imports that life upon the earth is rendered perpetual by means of the union of the sexes.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a modified form of the crux ansata.

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