\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.