cross

     

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpenicular to each other, dividing one or two of the lines in half. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally; if they run diagonally, the design is technically termed a saltire.

Trivia about cross

  • Many churches have a cruciform plan, which means they're shaped like one of these
  • To betray:double-
  • It's traditional to cut this religious symbol into the top of Irish soda bread
  • The world's largest of these religious symbols soars 198 feet high over Effingham, Illinois & weighs 180 tons
  • Carlo Maderno lengthened the nave to change the pattern of St. Peter's from a Greek to a Latin one of these
  • This symbol adorns the flag of Finland as well as the flag of its neighbor Sweden
  • In its canton Greece's flag features a white one of these
  • The flags of all Scandinavian countries carry this symbol
  • Malta's 1- & 2-Euro coins depict an 8-pointed this, a symbol of Malta
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst) A communion wafer as well as this better-known Christian symbol can be used against vampires"
  • Noted Rubens works include the "Raising of" & "Descent from" this religious symbol
  • Annoyed, or to pass from one side to the other
  • This object appears on Switzerland's coat of arms as well as its flag
  • The first 2 paintings in Rembrandt's Passion Series are "The Raising of" & "The Descent from" this
  • Eye 8 points on one of these religious symbols & it's probably a Maltese one
  • James Patterson: "Double ___"
  • A rood