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Latin cross   /lˈætən krɔs/   Listen
Latin cross

noun
1.
A cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others.





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... usually took the form of the Greek cross, this form being better calculated to support the weight of the cupola. In Western Europe, however, where the flat squat tower afterwards developed into the steeple, as we shall see in a later chapter, the Latin cross was mostly used, and this, with a few notable exceptions, is the plan of ...
— Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them • Sidney Heath


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