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Crucifer
Cross-bearer in church's processions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the vegetable family, see Cruciferae.
"Cross-bearer" redirects here. For other uses, see Cross-bearer (disambiguation).
A crucifer or cross-bearer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutherans, and United Methodist Church), a person appointed to carry the church's processional cross, a cross or crucifix with a long staff, during processions at the beginning and end of the service.[1]
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