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chi-rho|kaɪ rəʊ|
The first two letters of Gr. ΧρΙστοσ Christ, often joined in a monogram ☧ and used to symbolize the name.
[1611Florio s.v. Labaro, The letter Chi and Rhò, which signifieth Christ.] 1868Jrnl. British Archaeol. Assoc. XXIV. 132 The chirho also occurs on a doorstep. 1880Smith & Cheetham Dict. Chr. Antiq. II. 1312/1 The upright cross being first added to the Chi-rho so as to form a kind of star. 1889J. Romilly Allen Monumental Hist. Brit. Ch. 30 The Chi-Rho monogram. 1900Daily News 8 Oct. 6/3 The monument consists of a simple monolithic block... Upon one side is incised a simple Chi-Rho enclosed in a circle. 1923R. G. Collingwood Roman Britain v. 95 Engraved on a silver cup of foreign manufacture..we find the Chi-Rho monogram. 1953K. H. Jackson Lang. & Hist. Early Brit. v. 163 The chi-rho monogram of the earlier type with the X over the rho was largely replaced in southern Gaul at the end of the fifth century by the later type with a mere crossbar. |