cross oneself

1. 1.

   make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion

   Broadergesticulate

Questions about cross oneself

What does cross oneself mean?

cross oneself means "make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion".

Is cross oneself a common word?

cross oneself is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.