cruciformadj.
/ˈkruːsɪfɔːm/ Of the form of a (right-angled) cross; cross-shaped: spec. in Botany of the flowers of cruciferous plants; in Architecture of a church built in the form of a cross; in Anatomy = crucial adj. 1; of a girder (see quot.).
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adjective] > crossing or crossed over each other > cross-shaped
decussated1658
decussative1658
cruciform1661
cross-shaped17..
crucial1706
decussate1825
cross-headed1866
ten-shaped1907
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > transept > [adjective] > built with
cruciform1827
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 215 The cruciforme bone of the head [of a pike].
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. ii. 31 (note) These Corollas are called Cruciform, or cross-shaped.
1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 268 The natural order of Cruciform plants, composing the Linnæan class Tetradynamia.
1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 499 At Horton Kirby..the Antiquary will find a cruciform church.
1928 V. W. Pagé Mod. Aircraft 67 Cruciform girder, the structure, consisting of vertical and horizontal transverse girders, which is fitted at the stern of a rigid airship for the purpose of supporting the inboard ends of the sternposts of the fins or the rudderposts.
Derivatives
ˌcruciˈformity n. the quality or fact of being cruciform.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > transept > [noun] > quality of being built with
cruciformity1846
1846 Ecclesiologist V. 219 Forms of symbolism..the cruciformity of churches, for instance.
ˈcruciˌformly adv. in form of a cross.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adverb]
acrossa1250
crosswise1398
overcrossa1525
per or in cross1562
crossways1564
athwart1607
decussatively1658
cruciformly1834
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > transept > [adverb]
cruciformly1834
transeptally1856
1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 352 The Pagodas of Benares and Mathura..are cruciformly built.
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adj.1661