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The [[word]] cross comes [[ultimately]] from [[Latin]] ''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crux crux]'', a [[Roman]] [[torture]] device used for [[crucifixion]], via Old Irish cros. The word was introduced to [[English]] in the 10th century as the term for the instrument of the torturous [[execution]] of [[Jesus]] as described in the [[New Testament]], [[gradually]] replacing the earlier word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood ''rood''].

The [[word]] cross comes [[ultimately]] from [[Latin]] ''[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/crux crux]'', a [[Roman]] [[torture]] device used for [[crucifixion]], via Old Irish cros. The word was introduced to [[English]] in the 10th century as the term for the instrument of the torturous [[execution]] of [[Jesus]] as described in the [[New Testament]], [[gradually]] replacing the earlier word [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood ''rood''].

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a [[structure]] consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient [[Romans]] for [[execution]]  

*1a : a [[structure]] consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient [[Romans]] for [[execution]]