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signs of the cross

signs of the cross is the plural of sign of the cross.

Meaning of sign of the cross

Noun

sign of the cross (plural signs of the cross)

  1. A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body, or over an object, in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.
    • If a morsel of food fell off your plate, the advice of one contemporary document was to pick it up, make the sign of the cross over it, season it well - and then eat it. The sign of the cross was the antiseptic of the year 1000.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 122

Questions about signs of the cross

What is signs of the cross the plural of?
Signs of the cross is the plural of sign of the cross.

Words near signs of the cross in the dictionary

  1. signs in
  2. signs into
  3. signs manual
  4. signs of contradiction
  5. signs of life
  6. signs of the cross
  7. signs of the horns
  8. signs of the times
  9. signs of the zodiac
  10. signs off
  11. signs on

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