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Meaning of Invention of the Cross | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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  1. The alleged discovery of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, by St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, in 326 C.E.
  2. The church festival observed on 3 May in commemoration of St Helena's alleged discovery of the so-called True Cross.

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