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Definition of Sign of the cross
1. Noun. A gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith.
Definition of Sign of the cross
1. Noun. (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. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sign Of The Cross
Literary usage of Sign of the cross
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The symbolic act known as the sign of the cross appears very early, signifying,
of course, Christ's death on the cross; but inevitably importance 1. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Then she took her (wooden) cross and with it touched the Queen's head, her feet
and her shoulders, making the sign of the cross and straightway she was ..."
3. The History of Our Lord as Exemplified in Works of Art: With that of His by Jameson (Anna), Elizabeth Rigby Eastlake (1872)
"... THE sign of the cross. THE simple combination of lines which constitutes the
form of a cross was used as a heathen symbol before the period of ..."
4. Christian Iconography: Or, The History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages by Adolphe Napoléon Didron (1851)
"We shall conclude with a few words only on the making the sign of the cross, on
the colour, and on the Triumph of the Cross. ..."
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