The word 'crucifix' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to an object or image of Jesus Christ on the cross, typically used as a decoration, symbol, or artifact in churches or elsewhere. For example, "The crucifix hanging behind the altar stands as a silent reminder of our faith."
For supporters, this is proof of his humility, which was further underlined for them in his first address as pope to the masses in St Peter's Square, where he eschewed the usual jewelled crucifix in favour of a simple wooden cross.
A memorial sits outside, candles arranged in a crucifix are extinguished.
In another Milwaukee suburb, a mother wearing a crucifix around her neck left the polls with her daughter, a first-time voter in ripped jeans and an oversized black T-shirt emblazoned with a giant skull.
(Even Fra Angelico see next story—so pious he could not paint a crucifix without tears running down his cheeks, chose to depict the Virgin's obsequies in the manner of an unashamedly opulent 15th-century Florentine funeral).The images are merciless.
Is it liberal to stop a British Airways worker from wearing a crucifix?
Relatives said a crucifix was carved onto her naked corpse.Last week, a masked assailant attacked another elderly Armenian as she was entering her apartment.
After independence the now-sainted Pope John Paul II left a large crucifix in 1993.
Even before the report was released, he rejected its symbolic proposal to reinforce Quebec's secular image by removing the crucifix over the speaker's chair in the provincial legislature.
After 72 hours of unceasing toil, largely on his own and without much food or rest, the old Jew raised his palm to his head and fell dead of a heart attack.The symbol of Florence's artistic patrimony was a crucifix by Cimabue, an influential painter in the 13th century.
