crucifer - meaning and definition. What is crucifer
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What (who) is crucifer - definition

A PERSON APPOINTED TO CARRY THE CHURCH'S PROCESSIONAL CROSS, A CROSS OR CRUCIFIX WITH A LONG STAFF, DURING PROCESSIONS AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SERVICE
Cross-Bearer; Cross-bearer
  • Brooklyn Museum – Double-Sided Processional Cross – Master of Monte del Lago

Crucifer         
·noun Any plant of the order Cruciferae.
crucifer         
['kru:s?f?]
¦ noun
1. Botany a cruciferous plant.
2. a person carrying a cross or crucifix in a procession.
Origin
C16: from Christian L., from L. crux, cruc- 'cross'.
Cross-bearer         
·noun A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

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Crucifer

A crucifer or cross-bearer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutherans, and United Methodist Church), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.

Examples of use of crucifer
1. The researchers said that the best advice was to eat a mixture of different types of crucifer vegetable.
2. Broccoli is the main source of the natural compound sulforaphane and belongs to the crucifer family of vegetables which includes cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.