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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cross-bearer

/(-b?r`?r)/ · Cross·-bear·er · IPA
01 n. A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
  1. 1.
    A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.(R.C.Ch.)