| 单词 | to make the sign of the cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the sign of the cross. a. A devotional and liturgical act in which a person's hand or fingers trace the shape of a cross on his or her body or on that of another, either on the forehead or by touching in turn the forehead, chest, each shoulder, and the chest again; (also) a similar act in which the shape of a cross is traced on an object. Frequently in to make the sign of the cross. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross God's tokenOE rood-tokenOE crouchc1000 crossa1225 sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.)c1300 taua1475 c1300 St. Faith (Laud) l. 30 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 84 Heo made þe signe of þe croiz. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 15 (MED) Ich signi þe wiþ signe of croys And wiþ þe creme of hele Confermi. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiv. vi. sig. Piijv He made a sygne of the crosse in his forheed. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 576 He made the signe of the crosse vpon him, and recomended to our lorde. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. ii* Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxiiij With his crosiers staffe [he] maketh the signe of the crosse vpon the highest walles. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 222 They are to..signe children in Baptisme, with the signe of the Crosse. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 399 In the Greeke-Church they made the signe of the + from the right hand to the left, contrary to the Latines. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed i. 3 The Use of signing ourselves with the Sign of the Cross? 1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 23 If it had not thundered, the peasant had not made the sign of the cross. 1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 258/1 The Church, accustomed to bless everything with the sign of the cross. 1904 Overland Monthly Apr. 281/2 His wife sank to a posture of prayer; her hand made the sign of the crucifix. 1971 R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle iv. 58 He had us swear to heed the advice by the sign of the holy cross, made with the thumb and forefinger. 2006 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 12/6 Boruc was emphatically not cautioned for making the sign of the cross but for other hand signals he had made at the Rangers fans. < as lemmas |
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