The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word is the modern form of the Old English rood, meaning a pole and the cross, via Middle English, the equivalent in the Scots language being haly ruid ("holy cross").
The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word is the modern form of the Old English rood, meaning a pole and the cross, via Middle English, the equivalent in the Scots language being haly ruid ("holy cross").
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