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A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body, or over an object, in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Alternative form of sign of the cross.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gesture, motion
A calque translation of Latin signum crucis.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Old Armenian:
կնիք
(knikʻ)
— gesture
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Chinese Mandarin:
十字聖號 /十字圣号
(shízì shènghào)
— gesture
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Chinese Mandarin:
聖號 /圣号
(shènghào)
— gesture
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Czech:
křížování
— gesture
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Czech:
znamení kříže
— gesture
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Danish:
korsets tegn
— gesture
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Dutch:
kruisteken
— gesture
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Finnish:
ristinmerkki
— gesture
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French:
signe de croix
— gesture
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German:
Kreuzzeichen
— gesture
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German:
Bekreuzigung
— gesture
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Greek:
σταυρός
(stavrós)
— gesture
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Hungarian:
keresztvetés
— gesture
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Ido:
krucosigno
— gesture
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Irish:
comhartha na croise
— gesture
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Irish:
fíor na croise
— gesture
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Italian:
segno della croce
— gesture
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Latin:
signum crucis
— gesture
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Norwegian Bokmål:
korstegnet
— gesture
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Old English:
rōde tācn
— gesture
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Polish:
znak krzyża
— gesture
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Portuguese:
sinal da cruz
— gesture
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Russian:
кре́стное зна́мение
(kréstnoje známenije)
— gesture
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Spanish:
santiguamiento
— gesture
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Spanish:
señal de la cruz
— gesture
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Swahili:
ishara ya msalaba
— gesture
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Swedish:
korstecken
— gesture
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Tagalog:
antanda
— gesture
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Turkish:
istavroz
— gesture
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Ottoman Turkish:
خاچ
(haç)
— gesture
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Ukrainian:
хресне знамення
(xresne znamennja)
— gesture
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Ukrainian:
знак хреста
(znak xresta)
— gesture
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Vietnamese:
dấu Thánh Giá
— gesture