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Two-barred cross, the Glossary

A two-barred cross is similar to a Latin cross but with an extra bar added.^[1]

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Crosses in heraldry

American Lung Association

The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.

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Archiepiscopal cross

An archiepiscopal cross (archbishop's cross) is a two-barred cross used by or to signify or dignify an archbishop.

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Asymmetry

Asymmetry is the absence of, or a violation of, symmetry (the property of an object being invariant to a transformation, such as reflection).

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Checkmate

Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with) and there is no possible escape.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Coat of arms of Hungary

The coat of arms of Hungary (Magyarország címere) was adopted on 11 July 1990, after the end of communist rule.

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Coat of arms of Lithuania

The coat of arms of Lithuania is a mounted armoured knight holding a sword and shield, known as Vytis.

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The coat of arms of the Slovak Republic consists of a red (gules) shield, in early Gothic style, charged with a silver (argent) double cross standing on the middle peak of a dark blue mountain consisting of three peaks.

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Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine (Croix de Lorraine), known as the Cross of Anjou in the 16th century, is a heraldic two-barred cross, consisting of a vertical line crossed by two shorter horizontal bars. Two-barred cross and cross of Lorraine are cross symbols and crosses in heraldry.

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Cross pattée

A cross pattée, cross patty or Pate, or cross paty, also known as a cross formy or cross formée (croix pattée, Tatzenkreuz) or Templar cross, is a type of Christian cross with arms that are narrow at the centre, and often flared in a curve or straight line shape, to be broader at the perimeter. Two-barred cross and cross pattée are crosses in heraldry.

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Dagger (mark)

A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used.

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Flag of Slovakia

The current form of the national flag of the Slovak Republic (Vlajka Slovenskej republiky) was adopted by Slovakia's Constitution, which came into force on 3 September 1992.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, or The Union, is a century old global membership based, scientific organization headquartered in Paris with the stated goals to "improve health for people in low- and middle-income Countries".

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Jagiellonian dynasty

The Jagiellonian or Jagellonian dynasty (Jogailaičių dinastija; dynastia jagiellońska), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty (dynastia Jagiellonów), the House of Jagiellon (Dom Jagiellonów), or simply the Jagiellons (Jogailaičiai; Jagiellonowie), was the name assumed by a cadet branch of the Lithuanian ducal dynasty of Gediminids upon reception by Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, of baptism as Władysław in 1386, which paved the way to his ensuing marriage to the Queen Regnant Jadwiga of Poland, resulting in his ascension to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło (initially ruling jure uxoris jointly with Jadwiga until her death), and the effective promotion of his branch to a royal dynasty.

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Jaxa of Köpenick

Jaxa of Köpenick (sometimes Jaksa or Jacza of Copnic, Jaksa z Kopnika or Jaksa z Kopanicy, Jaksa being an early Sorbian and/or Polish form of James) (fl. 1151–1157) was a prince of the West Slavic Sprevan Principality of Copnic.

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Latin cross

A Latin cross or is a type of cross in which the vertical beam sticks above the crossbeam, giving the cross four arms.

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List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland

This is a list of archbishops of the Archdiocese of Gniezno, who are simultaneously primates of Poland since 1418.

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Maltese cross

The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four "V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. Two-barred cross and Maltese cross are crosses in heraldry.

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Medal

A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.

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Order (distinction)

An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic house or organisation to a person, typically in recognition of individual merit, that often comes with distinctive insignia such as collars, medals, badges, and sashes worn by recipients.

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Patriarchal cross

The Patriarchal cross is a variant of the Christian cross, the religious symbol of Christianity, and is also known as the Cross of Lorraine. Two-barred cross and Patriarchal cross are crosses in heraldry.

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Russian Orthodox cross

The Russian Orthodox Cross (or just the Orthodox Cross by some Russian Orthodox traditions) is a variation of the Christian cross since the 16th century in Russia, although it bears some similarity to a cross with a bottom crossbeam slanted the other way (upwards) found since the 6th century in the Byzantine Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-barred_cross

Also known as Two barred cross.