Cruciform means having the shape of a cross.

It is a common description of Christian churches, which are usually, though not exclusively, built with a layout comprising: Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recounted in the Gospels. ...

• An east end, containing an altar and often with an elaborate, decorated window, through which light will shine in the early part of the day.
• A west end, which sometimes contains a font, being a large decorated bowl, in which water can be firstly, blessed (dedicated to the use and purposes of God) and then placed upon infant or older believers as a sign of their dedication.
• North and south transepts, being "arms" of the cross and often containing rooms for gathering, small side chapels, or in many cases other necessities such as an organ and toilets.

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Cruciform sword

The plain sword used by Knights, distinctive due to the flat bar used as a guard. The overall shape of the sword when held point down is that of a cross. It is beleived this shape was encouraged by the church to remind Knights of their religion. It was however very popular due to the protection it offered to the hand and certain attacks that rely on the cross to trap the blade of the enemy. see sword Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Sword (from Old English sweord, cognate to Old High German Schwert, literally wounding tool from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- to wound, to hurt) is a term for a long edged weapon, fundamentally consisting of a blade, usually with two edges for striking...

Cruciform melody

In music, a melody of four pitches that descends by step, skips above the first pitch, then returns to the first pitch by step. Often representative of the Christian cross, such melodies are yet considered to be cruciform in their retrogrades or inversions. Johann Sebastian Bach, whose name in tones is a cruciform melody, employed the device extensively. The subject of the fugue in c-sharp minor (External Shockwave movie) from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book I is cruciform. Bach redirects here. ... Title-page of Das wohtemperierte Clavier A flat major (As-dur) fugue from the second part of Das wohtemperierte Clavier (manuscript) The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das wohltemperierte Clavier, Clavier meaning keyboard instrument) is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. ...

Cruciform tail

Some airplanes use a cruciform tail design, wherein the horizontal stabilizer is positioned mid-way up the vertical stabilizer, forming a cruciform shape when viewed from the front or rear. Some examples are the F-9 Cougar and the F-10 Skyknight. The tail of a Lufthansa airliner (Airbus A319) in flight, showing the horizontal and vertical stabilizer For aircraft, the horizontal stabilizer is a fixed or adjustable surface from which an elevator may be hinged, while a vertical stabilizer (also called a fin) is fixed to the aircraft and supports the... The Grumman F9F Cougar (redesignated the F-9 Cougar in the 1962 joint service aircraft designation system) was a aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft for the United States Navy. ... The F3D Skynight was a jet fighter aircraft in service with the United States Navy. ...

See also

• Cathedral diagram