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The individuals were not buried with any personal items or clothes, according to the study, apart from two crucifixes, a medallion and three rings found in graves.—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025 Keeping religious prodding to a minimum — a crucifix here, a mass prayer there — the movie concludes with McDonough’s earnest plea to scan a QR code to purchase tickets for other viewers.—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 22 May 2025 After evening prayers we were expected to remain in silence until morning, sleeping in single beds in private rooms, a crucifix nailed above each of our headboards.—Lamorna Ash, The Dial, 6 May 2025 Francis wore a crucifix of iron rather than gold, washed and kissed the feet of Muslim and Hindu migrants, and carried his own bag.—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crucifix
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin crucifixus the crucified Christ, from crucifixus, past participle of crucifigere to crucify, from Latin cruc-, crux + figere to fasten — more at fix
Middle English crucifix "crucifix," from Latin crucifixus (same meaning), derived from earlier Latin crucifigere "to crucify," from cruc-, crux "cross" and figere "to fasten, fix" — related to cross, crucify, fix
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