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Invention of the Cross [discovery of the cross]

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A festival held on May 3rd, in commemoration of the “discovery of the crossby the agents of St. Helʹena, mother of Constantine the Emperor (316). (Latin, invenʹio, to discover.)

 

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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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Interlard (French)
Interloper
Interpolate
Interpreter (Mr.)
Intone
Intoxication
Intrigue
Inure
Invalide (French)
Inveigle
Invention of the Cross [discovery of the cross]
Inventors Punished
Inventors Punished
Investiture. (Latin, clothing in or putting on canonicals.)
Invincible Doctor
Invisibility
Invisibles
Invulnerability
Iol (pron. Yol)
Ionian Mode
Ionic Accomplishments