crucifix
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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
"If you want me to pay my taxes / You'd better come over with a crucifix" he chants, defiantly, on lead single Taxes.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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
A relative placed a crucifix on the chest of Alanis García.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
He would never have given up, although it was discouraging; the crucifix around his neck and the rifle at his back were twin tokens of his absolute determination to complete the task.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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
Originally, the boats were being transformed into crucifixes and nativity scenes, but the inmates who were already trained luthiers thought: why not instruments?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
But thanks in large part to a memorable head-swiveling cinematic character, Roman collars and crucifixes have long cornered a unique place in the American image of exorcism.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
Though secretive about their ceremonies, the group’s leader, Jeremiah Martinez, opened the door to the morada revealing a simple altar with crucifixes and a few wooden pews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
She watched her mother walk around their flat, collecting all the Catholic objects, the crucifixes hung on walls, the rosaries nested in drawers, the missals propped on shelves.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
