A representation or sign of the Cross. Cf. rood-token n. at rood, n. compounds 1. Now rare.
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| 释义 | society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross (12) God's tokenOE A representation or sign of the Cross. Cf. rood-token n. at rood, n. compounds 1. Now rare. rood-tokenOE a representation or sign of the Cross. crouchc1000 = cross, n., in its various early senses: the holy cross, or a representation or figure of it; the sign of the cross; a heraldic cross; the cross… crossa1225 The sign of the cross made with the right hand, as a religious act. Cf. sign of the cross at sign, n. phrases 1. sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.)c1300 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… taua1475 A mark, sign, or figure in the shape of the Greek letter tau (see sense 2); esp. such a figure as a Christian symbol considered as prefiguring or… Subcategories:— making (6) |
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