Meaning Of The Word Sign of the cross

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sign of the cross in British English
an outline of a cross (sense 5) cross (sense 5a) made symbolically by a movement of the hand or fingers
noun: a gesture in which the right hand is moved from the forehead to the breast and from the left shoulder to the right to describe the form of a cross in order to invoke the grace of Christ
noun: a movement of the hand to indicate a cross, as from forehead to breast and left shoulder to right or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from right shoulder to left

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