Cross bearer
noun
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Noun
- 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.""
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More examples"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.""