sign of the cross

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   a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith

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Questions about sign of the cross

What does sign of the cross mean?

sign of the cross means "a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith".

Is sign of the cross a common word?

sign of the cross 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.