crucifix
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Standing on a concrete pedestal, the statue will depict the pontiff with open arms, wearing his long papal robe and a crucifix around his neck.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Mission-educated, they live in a nice house with a crucifix on the wall and shelves full of literature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The crucifix and Elgin watch conjured Sunday mornings and the quiet pride of women who never stepped outside without dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
I opened my drawer and took out the crucifix I kept hidden under my clothes, and I put it under my pillow for the night.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
In a middle-class neighborhood, altars, crucifixes, and images of the Pope adorn the home of Joaquin Kawakami Effio, a 15-year-old who is considering the priesthood.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
Vendors took the chance to sell colourful crucifixes as well parasols to the pilgrims.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
In addition to flowers and fruits, shrines have crosses, but not crucifixes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Against another wall were white apple blossoms on branches cut into sharp crucifixes and forced to lie flat against the stone.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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