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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Crux \Crux\ (kr[u^]ks), n.; pl E. {Cruxes} (-[e^]z), L. {Cruces} (kr[udd]"s[=e]z). [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. --Dr. Sheridan. The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. --Strauss. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Crux n 1: a small conspicuous constellation the the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus [syn: {Southern Cross}, {Crux}, {Crux Australis}] 2: the most important point [syn: {crux of the matter}]
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