abbot on the cross

English

Noun

abbot on the cross (plural abbots on the cross)

(archaic, British slang) Synonym of croziered abbot

References

Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890) “abbot on the cross”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volumes I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 3.
John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890) “abbot on the cross”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 4.

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