"cross bearer" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1823, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 18, in Quentin Durward:",
          "text": "He was at the head of a splendid train of religious, civil and military men, mingled together, or, as the old ballad maker expresses it,\n\"With many a cross bearer before,\nAnd many a spear behind.\"",
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          "ref": "1942 May 4, “Religion: Canterbury Pilgrim”, in Time, retrieved 2015-10-28:",
          "text": "Behind the verger walked a cross-bearer, the Canterbury choristers and seven decrepit beadsmen. Behind the decrepit beadsmen came a long array of Canterbury canons, chaplains and dignitaries in all their robes, followed by pages carrying the maces of Canterbury and York and the cross of Canterbury.",
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          "text": "There were three main processions which were led by a cross bearer.",
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        "A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession."
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        "(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession."
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          "word": "crucifer"
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          "word": "ristinkantaja"
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  "word": "cross bearer"
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