Round 4: Tossup 10

The Feast of [this object], which Ethiopians call Meskel, is celebrated annually in September. Due to a disagreement about the translation of the Greek word stauros, Jehovah’s Witnesses do not venerate this object. A church’s transept used to often form the shape of the Tau type of these objects, (-5[1])but was later moved to form the shape of the Latin kind of these objects. (10[1])Simon of Cyrene was forced to carry one of these (10[1])objects (10[1])along the Via Dolorosa. Catholic rosaries consist of beads and a silver or gold one of these objects. (10[1])Touching one’s forehead, chest, and shoulders is referred to as the “sign of” this object. For 10 points, to what object was Jesus nailed when he was killed? ■END■

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