sign_of_the_cross has definitions from the field of Roman Catholic
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[ noun ] (Roman Catholic) a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross; used by Catholics as a profession of faith

Used in print

(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)

When you pass a church on an Irish bus , all the hands flurry in the sign_of_the_cross .

Related terms

gesture

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