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CROISES

Volume 7 · 54 words · 1860 Edition

or Croizes, in English antiquity, pilgrims bound for the Holy Land, or such as had been there; so called from a badge they wore in imitation of a cross. The knights of St John of Jerusalem, created for the defence and protection of pilgrims, were particularly called Croises.

CROMARTY COUNTY. See Ross and Cromarty.