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Calvary cross

noun

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  1. A cross atop a platform of (typically three) stepped tiers.

    • [...] in the Notitia Monastica it is a Calvary cross sable, standing on a basis of two steps, and fimbriated or. Or the device may have belonged to some guild or fraternity among the townsmen of Nottingham. Thoroton mentions one more[…]
    • The arms are argent, a Calvary cross gules. Is the name identical with our Brignal so common in the county of Durham, and which probably originates from Brignal near Rokeby?

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