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A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

• Primates
  The highest order of mammals. It includes man, together with the apes and monkeys. Cf. Pitheci.
• Subdeaconship
  The order or office of subdeacon.
• CROSSEXAMINER
  One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.
• CROSSTINING
  A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.
• Crossbeam
  A girder.
• Cross-examination
  The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.
• Cross-spale
  Alt. of Cross-spall
• Primateship
  The office, dignity, or position of a primate; primacy.
• CROSSVAULTING
  Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
• Cross-bearer
  A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
• Cross-examined
  of Cross-examine
• Cross-spall
  One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.
• BEARSFOOT
  A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.
• CROSSEYED
  Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
• Archbishop
  A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese.

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