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 […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, OCLC 882571771, page 3.
- Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 4