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Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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HOLY ROOD

The Cross on which Jesus Christ died, or any representation of it. (Etym. Anglo-Saxon rod, a rod, pole, gallows, cross.)

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