staurogram

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Noun

A [[ligature]], [[⳨]], of the Greek letters [[τ]] and [[ρ]] or Coptic letters [[ⲧ]] and [[ⲣ]], later used as a symbol of the [[cross]] in early [[Christianity]] and remaining in use as a ligature in abbreviations of the words [[σταυρός]] and [[σταυρόω]].<ref>Larry W. Hurtado, “The Staurogram in Early Christian Manuscripts: The Earliest Visual Reference to the Crucified Jesus?”, in Thomas J. Kraus & Tobias Nicklas (eds.), ''New Testament Manuscripts: Their Texts and Their World'', 207-226.</ref>

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