"cross bearer" meaning in English

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      "form": "cross bearers",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2014 April 18, Andrew Bloss, “Crucifixion re-enacted in Croydon on Good Friday”, in Your Local Guardian, UK, retrieved 2015-10-28",
          "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",
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          "procession",
          "procession"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "book-bearer"
        }
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        {
          "word": "crucifer"
        },
        {
          "word": "crossbearer"
        },
        {
          "word": "cross-bearer"
        }
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      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "ristinkantaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kreuzträger"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kreuzträgerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nosiciel krzyża"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "cross bearer"
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      "word": "book-bearer"
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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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          "religious",
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        ],
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        "(Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crucifer"
    },
    {
      "word": "crossbearer"
    },
    {
      "word": "cross-bearer"
    }
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ristinkantaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzträger"
    },
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kreuzträgerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nosiciel krzyża"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross bearer"
}