crucifer

1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession.
2. Botany. Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), which includes the alyssum, candytuft, cabbage, radish, broccoli, and many weeds.

[Late Latin : Latin crux, cruc-, cross + Latin -fer, -fer.]

A plant in the crucifer or mustard family (Cruciferae), whose members have flowers with four petals arranged like a cross.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
  Synonym: cruciferous plant

For the vegetable family, see Cruciferae.

A young girl carrying the cross

A crucifer is, in some Christian churches (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Methodists, and Lutherans), 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.

The term "crucifer" comes from the Latin crux (cross) and ferre (to bear, carry). It thus literally means "cross-bearer". Before the Roman Catholic reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the function of the crucifer was carried out by a subdeacon.

See also

• Altar server
• Acolyte
• Thurifer
• Altar cross
• Processional Cross

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia: "Cross-Bearer"

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