See take the cross on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 63:",
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"To accept a sign or badge depicting the Christian cross as part of an oath or vow, especially to take part in a crusade."
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