The word cruciform specifically refers to anything cross-like, as in the bisected wood used to crucify Christ. Cruciform structures then are built. They require sentient action.
The word cruciform specifically refers to anything cross-like, as in the bisected wood used to crucify Christ. Cruciform structures then are built. They require sentient action.
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Not all monastic churches were cruciform. The larger churches
were cruciform, regardless of whether they were monastic or not,
and the smaller ones were in simple rectangular shapes, regardless
of whether they were monastic or not.