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Holy cross
a. The cross upon which Jesus Christ suffered death (see cross n. 2 and note). Hence in derived senses (cf. cross n. 3, 8, and 9).
c1290,c1548–9[see cross n. 2, 9, 3]. 13..Coer de L. 1304 Thus, thorwgh tresoun of the Eerl Joys, Surry was lorn and the holy croys. 1470–85Malory Arthur xvii. x, Thenne he took her by the brydel and sayd, by the holy crosse ye shalle not escape me. 1583Hollyband Campo di Fior 51 Blesse thee with the signe of the holie crosse. 1826Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1291 A Romish catholic festival in honour of the holy cross, or, as our ancestors called it, the holy rood.
b. In the titles of certain religious societies or communities.
[1426in Eng. Gilds (1870) 246 note, Willielmus Rydware, magister Gilde sancte Crucis de Bermyngeham.] 1547Rep. Commissioners ibid. 248 The guilde of tholye Crosse in brymyncham. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms, Holy Cross, an order of Augustinian canons, suppressed in the 17th cent. 1884Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Holy-cross, a society consisting of clerical members of the ritualistic school of the English Church. It was founded in 1855.
c. attrib. Holy Cross day, the festival of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14th; holy cross toad, a frog of New South Wales, Notaden bennettii, so called from a dark cross-shaped marking on the back.
1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Calendar, Holy Cross Day. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 232 And the four and twentieth, which is Holy-Cross-Day, according to the Calender of the Greeks. 1883R. Sinker in Prayer Bk. Comment. (S.P.C.K) 34 ‘Holy Cross Day’ in our Calendar, or, more strictly speaking, the ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ probably celebrates primarily the consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem in 335 a.d.; but its renown is specially due to the victory of Heraclius over the Persians and his restoration of the Cross to its shrine at Jerusalem. 1891J. H. Rose in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 2nd Ser. VI. 265 Notaden bennetti, the Catholic frog, or as I have heard it called the ‘Holy Cross toad’. 1969M. Burton Animals of Australia xiv. 120 The holy cross toad is unusual among Australian amphibians in that it comes out during the day to feed. |