"sign of the cross" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: signs of the cross [plural]
Etymology: A calque translation of Latin signum crucis. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|signum}} Latin signum, {{m|la|crucis}} crucis Head templates: {{en-noun|signs of the cross}} sign of the cross (plural signs of the cross)
  1. (Christianity) A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection. Categories (topical): Christianity, Crosses Related terms: cross oneself Translations (gesture): 十字聖號 (Chinese Mandarin), 十字圣号 (shízì shènghào) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖號 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣号 (shènghào) (Chinese Mandarin), křížování [neuter] (Czech), znamení kříže [neuter] (Czech), korsets tegn [neuter] (Danish), kruisteken [neuter] (Dutch), ristinmerkki (Finnish), signe de croix [masculine] (French), Kreuzzeichen [neuter] (German), Bekreuzigung [feminine] (German), σταυρός (stavrós) [masculine] (Greek), keresztvetés (Hungarian), krucosigno (Ido), comhartha na croise [masculine] (Irish), fíor na croise [feminine] (Irish), segno della croce [masculine] (Italian), signum crucis [neuter] (Latin), korstegnet [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), կնիք (knikʿ) (Old Armenian), rōde tācn [neuter] (Old English), خاچ (haç) (Ottoman Turkish), znak krzyża [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), sinal da cruz [masculine] (Portuguese), кре́стное зна́мение (kréstnoje známenije) [neuter] (Russian), santiguamiento [masculine] (Spanish), señal de la cruz [masculine] (Spanish), ishara ya msalaba (Swahili), korstecken [neuter] (Swedish), antanda (Tagalog), istavroz (Turkish), хресне знамення (xresne znamennja) (Ukrainian), знак хреста (znak xresta) [masculine] (Ukrainian), dấu Thánh Giá (Vietnamese)

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