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Definition: Hot Cross Bun |
Hot Cross BunNoun1. Moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Hot Cross BunSynonym: cross bun (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In many historically Christian countries, the buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday, with the cross standing as a symbol of Christ. They actually pre-date Christianity, however, being used in rituals in paganism. The Christian church in England attempted to ban them, but they were too popular, and instead Elizabeth I passed a law permitting their consumption, but only on particular relgious occasions such as Easter and Christmas.
Around Easter 2003, the Daily Telegraph among other newspapers, reported that several local authorities in England (in particular Tower Hamlets Borough Council) had banned schools serving hot cross buns on the grounds of political correctness, believing the symbol of the cross could be offensive to non-Christians. This step was widely condemned, most vocally by Ann Widdecombe. As one of the cited councils, that of the City of York, issued a statement making clear that while the buns were not being served, this was for "no particular reason", and accusing the newspaper's reporter of bad faith, the veracity of the entire report was questioned.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hot cross bun."
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hot cross bun recipe | 5 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-h-n-o-o-r-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: outscorns, southrons. | |
-3 letters: borschts, bronchos, bronchus, consorts, contours, cornutos, cothurns, croutons, outcross, outscorn, southron, torchons. | |
-4 letters: borscht, borshts, bostons, boutons, broncho, broncos, burtons, cobnuts, cohorts, cohosts, consort, contour, cornuto, cothurn, crotons, crouton, honours, nostocs, ochrous, scouths, suborns, thorons, torchon, uncross, unroots. | |
-5 letters: bhoots, boosts, booths, borons, borsch, borsht, bosons, boston, bosuns, bourns, bouton, bronco. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 74 43 72 6F 73 73 42 75 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01110100 00100000 01000011 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110011 00100000 01000010 01110101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o t   C r o s s   B u n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 0074 0043 0072 006F 0073 0073 0042 0075 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)428186237848185852368780 |
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