Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Holy cross \Ho"ly cross"\ (?; 115).
   The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.

   {Congregation of the Holy Cross} (R. C. Ch.), a community of
      lay brothers and priests, in France and the United States,
      engaged chiefly in teaching and manual Labor. Originally
      called {Brethren of St. Joseph}. The Sisters of the Holy
      Cross engage in similar work. --Addis & Arnold.

   {Holy-cross day}, the fourteenth of September, observed as a
      church festival, in memory of the exaltation of our
      Savior's cross.