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2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or
resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged
like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip,
etc.

Cru"ci*fi`er (kr?"s?-f?`?r), n.
One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a
painful trial.

Cru"ci*fix (kr?"s?-f?ks), n.;
pl. Crucifixes (-&?;z). [F. crucifix
or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis,
cross + figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross,
and Fix, and cf. Crucify.] 1. A
representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross;
esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood,
ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their
devotions.

The cross, too, by degrees, become the
crucifix.

Milman.

And kissing oft her crucifix,

Unto the block she drew.

Warner.

2. The cross or religion of Christ.
[R.] Jer. Taylor.

Cru`ci*fix"ion (kr?`s?-f?k"sh?n),
n. 1. The act of nailing
or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him
to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital
punishment.


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