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cross bearer

noun

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  1. A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.

    • He was at the head of a splendid train of religious, civil and military men, mingled together, or, as the old ballad maker expresses it, "With many a cross bearer before, And many a spear behind."
    • There were three main processions which were led by a cross bearer.

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