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, page 3. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “abbot on the cross”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 4.