Celtic cross

American  

noun

1. a cross shaped like a Latin cross and having a ring that intersects each segment of the shaft and crossbar at a point equidistant from their junction.

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Celtic cross British  

noun

1. a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection

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Etymology

Origin of Celtic cross

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Bernadette Martin, daughter of Margaret Keane, and her family, successfully fought for the right to have a Celtic cross bearing the words on her mother's grave at St Giles Church in Exhall.

From BBC • May 28, 2022

During low tide, they can — and should — walk across to see the island’s 14th-century monastery ruins and Celtic cross.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

The great Celtic cross of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, which usually soars 286 feet nearer my God than thee, was lashed to the scaffolding that encloses the church’s brownstone spire.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2016

In Wichita, Kansas, Angela Waldon starts each day by putting on a necklace threaded with a small blue glass vial sealed by a cap bearing a Celtic cross.

From Washington Times • Jul. 14, 2014

Near the dead tree there w'as a slight mound of earth and a leaning Celtic cross cut from plywood.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole