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CROSS-ROADS [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-02-23
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Religious Sects - Various
- Anthropology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- inverted burial
1, record 1, English, inverted%20burial
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Inverted burial-For humans, maintaining an upside down position, with the head vertically below the feet, is highly uncomfortable... Occasionally suicides and assassins were buried upside down, as a post-mortem punishment and(as with burial at cross-roads) to inhibit the activities of the resulting undead. 1, record 1, English, - inverted%20burial
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Cultes divers
- Anthropologie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- enterrement tête en bas
1, record 1, French, enterrement%20t%C3%AAte%20en%20bas
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- inhumation tête en bas 1, record 1, French, inhumation%20t%C3%AAte%20en%20bas
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1983-02-28
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Mass Transit
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- right-angle intersection 1, record 2, English, right%2Dangle%20intersection
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- four-way right-angled intersection 1, record 2, English, four%2Dway%20right%2Dangled%20intersection
- right-angle junction 1, record 2, English, right%2Dangle%20junction
- cross-roads 1, record 2, English, cross%2Droads
- crossroad 1, record 2, English, crossroad
- four-legged cross intersection 1, record 2, English, four%2Dlegged%20cross%20intersection
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A four-leg roadway... with two of the intersection legs approximate prolongations of the other two legs and the angle of intersection of these prolongations 75 degrees or more, but no greater than 105 degrees. The British term "cross-roads" and its variants "cross roads", "crossroad(s) "and "cross-road" is singular or plural in construction. 1, record 2, English, - right%2Dangle%20intersection
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Transports en commun
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- carrefour en croix 1, record 2, French, carrefour%20en%20croix
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- carrefour à angle droit 1, record 2, French, carrefour%20%C3%A0%20angle%20droit
- intersection à angle droit 1, record 2, French, intersection%20%C3%A0%20angle%20droit
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Intersection à quatre branches formée par deux routes se coupant approximativement à angle droit. 1, record 2, French, - carrefour%20en%20croix
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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