sign of the cross

English

Etymology

A calque translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin signum crucis.

Noun

sign of the cross (plural signs of the cross)

1. (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.

Usage notes

• Sometimes capitalized.

Related terms

• cross oneself

Translations

gesture

• Czech: křížování n, znamení kříže n
• Danish: korsets tegn n
• Dutch: kruisteken (nl) n
• Finnish: ristinmerkki (fi)
• French: signe de croix (fr) m
• German: Kreuzzeichen n; Bekreuzigung f
• Greek: σταυρός (el) m (stavrós)
• Hungarian: keresztvetés
• Ido: krucosigno (io)
• Irish: comhartha na croise m, fíor na croise f
• Italian: segno della croce m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: signum crucis n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korstegnet n

• Old English: rōde tācen n
• Polish: znak krzyża m inan
• Portuguese: sinal da cruz m
• Russian: кре́стное зна́мение (ru) n (kréstnoje známenije)
• Spanish: santiguamiento m, señal de la cruz m
• Swahili: ishara ya msalaba
• Swedish: korstecken n
• Tagalog: antanda (tl)
• Ukrainian: хресне знамення (xresne znamennja), знак хреста m (znak xresta)

Further reading

• Sign of the Cross on Wikipedia.Wikipedia