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Crux ansata
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Noun
- 1 Synonym of ankh.
"The well-known T-shaped cross was in use in pagan lands long before Christianity, as a representation of the male member, and also at the same time of the 'tree' on which the god (Attis or Adonis or Krishna or whoever it might be) was crucified; and the same symbol combined with the oval (or yoni) formed the Crux Ansata ☥ of the old Egyptian ritual - a figure which is to-day sold in Cairo as a potent charm, and confessedly indicates the conjunction of the two sexes in one design."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin crux ansāta, from crux (“cross”) + ansātus (“handled; having handles”).
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