is the Latin cruciaʹti (crossed)—i.e. having a cross embroidered on their dress. They were of the Trinitarian order.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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