crucifix

Example Sentences

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This week, she’s been at the church up to 12 hours a day, training volunteers to braid palm crucifixes they will sell at Mass, to help keep the lights on in the shrinking parish.

From Seattle Times

“These soldiers lying in the snow, I bet all of them had a crucifix around their necks,” he said.

From New York Times

So have the lamps, the cards, the dolls, the crucifixes, the trees, the mounded salt.

From New York Times

Just under five centuries ago, in February 1529, Hans Holbein the Younger watches as the citizens of Basel occupy the churches, bludgeon their statues, smash their crucifixes, and throw their altarpieces on burning pyres.

From New York Times

“Help! Help!” came shouts in response, which he followed to the master bedroom, where a giant crucifix — large enough to be the centerpiece in a church — hung over the bed.

From New York Times