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<p> Fylfot (or Fytfot) </p> <p> i.e., four-footed, a term used to describe a mystical cross, made from the combination, in a cruciform arrangement, of four Greek gammas, thus (fig. 1), or thus (fig. 2); occasionally the small y was employed, thus (fig. 3). It was also called Gammaticum ( '''''Γαμματίον''''' ), the Greek term for this mystical device. Its use formed a part of the ancient [[Secret]] [[Discipline]] in the primitive Church. (See [[Gammadia]]). </p>

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<ref name="term_40860"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fylfot+(or+fytfot) Fylfot (Or Fytfot) from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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