Danbooru

Tag Alias: Crucifix -> Cross

Posted under General

Right now we have both tags, they're separate but contain the same sort of pictures. The cross tag currently has more entries and for good reason, it's the more proper term. If you look up crucifix its general description is the cross with a body (normally Jesus Christ) pinned to it. A cross is just a cross.

Updated by NWF Renim

I've only ever heard the definition that it is the cross with the body of Jesus on it. The Merriam-Webster dictionary only carries that definition, and the American Dictionary defines it as either that or "a cross viewed as a symbol of Jesus's crucifixion." Wikipedia defines it as a cross with Jesus' body on it saying it's "from Latin cruci fixus meaning '(one) fixed to a cross.'"

The majority of cross tagged images seem to be typically small pendent like crosses already, at least from what I've seen through glimpsing around in it.

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