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P1. Christian Church. sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.).

a. A devotional and liturgical act in which a person's hand or fingers trace the shape of a cross on his or her body or on that of another, either on the forehead or by touching in turn the forehead, chest, each shoulder, and the chest again; (also) a similar act in which the shape of a cross is traced on an object. Frequently in to make the sign of the cross.

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society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross

God's tokenOE

rood-tokenOE

crouchc1000

crossa1225

sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.)c1300

taua1475

c1300 St. Faith (Laud) l. 30 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 84 Heo made þe signe of þe croiz.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 15 (MED) Ich signi þe wiþ signe of croys And wiþ þe creme of hele Confermi.

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiv. vi. sig. Piij^v He made a sygne of the crosse in his forheed.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 576 He made the signe of the crosse vpon him, and recomended to our lorde.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. ii* Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxiiij With his crosiers staffe [he] maketh the signe of the crosse vpon the highest walles.

1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 222 They are to..signe children in Baptisme, with the signe of the Crosse.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 399 In the Greeke-Church they made the signe of the + from the right hand to the left, contrary to the Latines.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed i. 3 The Use of signing ourselves with the Sign of the Cross?

1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 23 If it had not thundered, the peasant had not made the sign of the cross.

1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 258/1 The Church, accustomed to bless everything with the sign of the cross.

1904 Overland Monthly Apr. 281/2 His wife sank to a posture of prayer; her hand made the sign of the crucifix.

1971 R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle iv. 58 He had us swear to heed the advice by the sign of the holy cross, made with the thumb and forefinger.

2006 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 12/6 Boruc was emphatically not cautioned for making the sign of the cross but for other hand signals he had made at the Rangers fans.

b. The shape of a cross painted, printed, etc., as an emblem of Christianity. Also: this symbol used in place of a signature.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 123 (MED) Þan he [sc. Constantine] wook and made peynte þe signe of þe crosse..in þe riȝt hondes of þe ymages þat senatoures hadde arered in worschippe of his triumphis and of his victorie.

a1456 (a1402) J. Trevisa tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (BL Add.) f. 112^v (MED) Whyle Ennok spake..came forþe a wrechched man bering þe signe of þe croys on his shouldre.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1040 (MED) Vertew commaundyd euery wyght To pauyse hym vndyr the sygne of the roode.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxviii. f. xxv He [sc. Constantyne] commaundyd the sygne of the Crosse to be peynted and sette in his Baners.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 55 in Wks. (1640) III They set the signe of the Crosse over their outer doores, and sacrifice to their gut, and their groyne in their inner Closets.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. liv. 302 The might see in the very Colours that our Ships wore, the Sign of the Cross.

?1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. V. vi. 239 They proceed to anoint the House of the Sick Person with the same Oil, making the sign of the Cross upon the Doors and Posts.

1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe Proofs in Hist. Charles V I. 232 It was usual for persons who could not write, to make the sign of the cross in confirmation of a charter.

1811 R. Kerr Gen. Hist. & Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. i. xi. 320 Naiam..professed himself a Christian, having his principal ensign marked with the sign of the cross.

1877 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours Aug. 442/1 Not a leaf of holly, not even the sign of the holy rood to be seen anywhere.

1901 M. Morris Tales Spanish Main 28 On his mainsail was painted the sign of the Cross.

1922 A. J. Brode in Ann. Publ. Hist. Soc. Southern California 75 If the settler did not know how to write he made the sign of the cross at the end, or used his rubric, which was legally recognized as his signature.

1993 W. G. Ryan tr. J. de Voraigne Golden Legend I. 279 The emperor looked toward heaven and saw the sign of the cross formed in flaming light.

P2. Originally Theology. sign of the times: (originally) an indicator providing information on the present state of affairs; (now usually) an indication of the nature of a particular period. [Originally after Hellenistic Greek σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, plural (New Testament: Matthew 16:3, the passage translated in quot. 1525). Compare post-classical Latin signa temporum (Vulgate), Middle French, French signes des temps (1535), plural, all earliest in translations of Matthew 16:3. The Wycliffite Bible uses token of the times.]

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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > of the times

sign of the times1525

1525 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xvi. f. xxij^v Can ye not discerne the sygnes of the tymes?

1625 G. Salteren Sacræ Heptades vii. 159 The inclinations, dispositions and works of men, are evident signes of the times.

1663 J. Griffith Some Prison-meditations 114 Signs of the times, which signs the wise Can well discern.

1774 Monthly Rev. Nov. 389 She seems..to hint as if this was the æra of their [sc. women's] approaching liberty. We consider ourselves unacquainted with the signs of the times if her expectations are well grounded.

1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 17 July We have stood upon our ‘reserved rights’ of neutrality, to watch the signs of the times.

1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 459/2 It is a notable sign of the times that there have been of late no discussions, even, of the right of a voter [etc.].

1907 Nature 14 Mar. 459/1 This book is an interesting sign of the times.

1953 A. Toynbee World & West vi. 93 The people who have read the signs of the times and have taken action in the light of these indications are the obscure missionaries of half-a-dozen Oriental religions.

2002 Time 2 Sept. 28/1 Sacramento's Crayola culture is no statistic anomaly. Indeed, it may well be a sign of the times.

P3. outward visible sign (also outward and visible sign).

a. Theology. With reference to the sacraments: a visible act or material object taken to symbolize something immaterial or abstract, esp. inward grace; also simply outward sign, visible sign. Cf. sense 13.

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society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > outward visible sign

outward visible sign1528

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcv Now must a sacramente be an outwarde signe that maye be sene, to signifie..some spirituall promyse which can not be sene but by fayth only.

1553 J. Bradford Let. 6 Oct. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 293 There is Idolatry in worshipping the outwarde signe of breade and wyne.

1604 Bk. Common Prayer Catechism Q. How many partes be there in a Sacrament? A. Two: the Outward visible signe, and the Inward spirituall Grace.

1707 J. Scandret Sacrifice Divine Service ii. 54 Every Offering and Sacrifice is an outward visible Sign, of some invisible thing thereby signify'd.

1752 L. Chappelow Comm. Bk. Job I. (xlii. 9) 569 The Lord accepted Job: Cocceius supposes the manner of this acceptance was by some outward, visible sign.

1830 J. Lanigan Catechetical Conf. Penance 10 A Sacrament is a visible sign permanently instituted by Christ, and productive of grace.

1861 tr. O Food that Weary Pilgrims Love! in Hymns, Anc. & Mod. (Introits & Anthems) p. xvii O Jesu, Whom, by power divine Now hidden 'neath the outward sign, We worship and adore.

1938 Doctr. Church of Eng. ii. 127 The ordinary scholastic use is to employ the word [sc. sacrament] as meaning the outward and visible sign.

1999 W. R. Crockett Eucharist 110 The invisible reality of the body and blood of Christ is symbolized by the outward visible sign.

b. In extended use: a visible indication of some fact, quality, state of affairs, etc. Cf. sense 9b.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > presentation to sight or view

presentationa1616

outward visible sign1758

1758 Centinel I. 253 They starve within doors, to have the outward and visible sign of dignity by a large house and gilt equipages.

1783 Amer. Wanderer xvii. 206 A little, delicate, finely turned foot..serving as an outward visible sign of delicious invisible things.

1817 W. Hone Late John Wilkes's Catech. 7 I mean an outward visible sign of an inward intellectual meanness.

1887 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 313 634 It was an outward and visible sign of the union between England and Ireland.

1931 V. Dixon Sebastian Wile ii. ii. §1 Her governess had said farewell, outward and visible sign that Martha's days of childish servitude were over.

1951 A. Powell Question of Upbringing iii. 157 Monsieur Dubuisson accepted the brandy as the outward and visible sign of reconciliation.

2004 H. Dubrow Shakespeare & Domest. Loss iii. 115 The windows..were the outward and visible sign of the wealth of a house's inhabitants.

单词	sign of the cross
释义	> as lemmas sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.) Phrases P1. Christian Church. sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.). a. A devotional and liturgical act in which a person's hand or fingers trace the shape of a cross on his or her body or on that of another, either on the forehead or by touching in turn the forehead, chest, each shoulder, and the chest again; (also) a similar act in which the shape of a cross is traced on an object. Frequently in to make the sign of the cross. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > other practices > [noun] > sign of the cross God's tokenOE rood-tokenOE crouchc1000 crossa1225 sign of the (holy) cross (also rood, etc.)c1300 taua1475 c1300 St. Faith (Laud) l. 30 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 84 Heo made þe signe of þe croiz. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 15 (MED) Ich signi þe wiþ signe of croys And wiþ þe creme of hele Confermi. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiv. vi. sig. Piij^v He made a sygne of the crosse in his forheed. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 576 He made the signe of the crosse vpon him, and recomended to our lorde. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. ii* Receyue the signe of the holy Crosse. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxiiij With his crosiers staffe [he] maketh the signe of the crosse vpon the highest walles. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation v. 222 They are to..signe children in Baptisme, with the signe of the Crosse. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 399 In the Greeke-Church they made the signe of the + from the right hand to the left, contrary to the Latines. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed i. 3 The Use of signing ourselves with the Sign of the Cross? 1857 M. Gatty Parables 2nd Ser. 23 If it had not thundered, the peasant had not made the sign of the cross. 1884 Catholic Dict. (1897) 258/1 The Church, accustomed to bless everything with the sign of the cross. 1904 Overland Monthly Apr. 281/2 His wife sank to a posture of prayer; her hand made the sign of the crucifix. 1971 R. Moisés et al. Tall Candle iv. 58 He had us swear to heed the advice by the sign of the holy cross, made with the thumb and forefinger. 2006 Daily Tel. 29 Aug. 12/6 Boruc was emphatically not cautioned for making the sign of the cross but for other hand signals he had made at the Rangers fans. b. The shape of a cross painted, printed, etc., as an emblem of Christianity. Also: this symbol used in place of a signature. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 123 (MED) Þan he [sc. Constantine] wook and made peynte þe signe of þe crosse..in þe riȝt hondes of þe ymages þat senatoures hadde arered in worschippe of his triumphis and of his victorie. a1456 (a1402) J. Trevisa tr. Gospel of Nicodemus (BL Add.) f. 112^v (MED) Whyle Ennok spake..came forþe a wrechched man bering þe signe of þe croys on his shouldre. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 1040 (MED) Vertew commaundyd euery wyght To pauyse hym vndyr the sygne of the roode. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxviii. f. xxv He [sc. Constantyne] commaundyd the sygne of the Crosse to be peynted and sette in his Baners. a1637 B. Jonson Timber 55 in Wks. (1640) III They set the signe of the Crosse over their outer doores, and sacrifice to their gut, and their groyne in their inner Closets. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. liv. 302 The might see in the very Colours that our Ships wore, the Sign of the Cross. ?1727 T. Salmon Mod. Hist. V. vi. 239 They proceed to anoint the House of the Sick Person with the same Oil, making the sign of the Cross upon the Doors and Posts. 1769 W. Robertson View State of Europe Proofs in Hist. Charles V I. 232 It was usual for persons who could not write, to make the sign of the cross in confirmation of a charter. 1811 R. Kerr Gen. Hist. & Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. i. xi. 320 Naiam..professed himself a Christian, having his principal ensign marked with the sign of the cross. 1877 Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours Aug. 442/1 Not a leaf of holly, not even the sign of the holy rood to be seen anywhere. 1901 M. Morris Tales Spanish Main 28 On his mainsail was painted the sign of the Cross. 1922 A. J. Brode in Ann. Publ. Hist. Soc. Southern California 75 If the settler did not know how to write he made the sign of the cross at the end, or used his rubric, which was legally recognized as his signature. 1993 W. G. Ryan tr. J. de Voraigne Golden Legend I. 279 The emperor looked toward heaven and saw the sign of the cross formed in flaming light. P2. Originally Theology. sign of the times: (originally) an indicator providing information on the present state of affairs; (now usually) an indication of the nature of a particular period. [Originally after Hellenistic Greek σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν, plural (New Testament: Matthew 16:3, the passage translated in quot. 1525). Compare post-classical Latin signa temporum (Vulgate), Middle French, French signes des temps (1535), plural, all earliest in translations of Matthew 16:3. The Wycliffite Bible uses token of the times.] ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign > of the times sign of the times1525 1525 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xvi. f. xxij^v Can ye not discerne the sygnes of the tymes? 1625 G. Salteren Sacræ Heptades vii. 159 The inclinations, dispositions and works of men, are evident signes of the times. 1663 J. Griffith Some Prison-meditations 114 Signs of the times, which signs the wise Can well discern. 1774 Monthly Rev. Nov. 389 She seems..to hint as if this was the æra of their [sc. women's] approaching liberty. We consider ourselves unacquainted with the signs of the times if her expectations are well grounded. 1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 17 July We have stood upon our ‘reserved rights’ of neutrality, to watch the signs of the times. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 459/2 It is a notable sign of the times that there have been of late no discussions, even, of the right of a voter [etc.]. 1907 Nature 14 Mar. 459/1 This book is an interesting sign of the times. 1953 A. Toynbee World & West vi. 93 The people who have read the signs of the times and have taken action in the light of these indications are the obscure missionaries of half-a-dozen Oriental religions. 2002 Time 2 Sept. 28/1 Sacramento's Crayola culture is no statistic anomaly. Indeed, it may well be a sign of the times. P3. outward visible sign (also outward and visible sign). a. Theology. With reference to the sacraments: a visible act or material object taken to symbolize something immaterial or abstract, esp. inward grace; also simply outward sign, visible sign. Cf. sense 13. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > outward visible sign outward visible sign1528 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xcv Now must a sacramente be an outwarde signe that maye be sene, to signifie..some spirituall promyse which can not be sene but by fayth only. 1553 J. Bradford Let. 6 Oct. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 293 There is Idolatry in worshipping the outwarde signe of breade and wyne. 1604 Bk. Common Prayer Catechism Q. How many partes be there in a Sacrament? A. Two: the Outward visible signe, and the Inward spirituall Grace. 1707 J. Scandret Sacrifice Divine Service ii. 54 Every Offering and Sacrifice is an outward visible Sign, of some invisible thing thereby signify'd. 1752 L. Chappelow Comm. Bk. Job I. (xlii. 9) 569 The Lord accepted Job: Cocceius supposes the manner of this acceptance was by some outward, visible sign. 1830 J. Lanigan Catechetical Conf. Penance 10 A Sacrament is a visible sign permanently instituted by Christ, and productive of grace. 1861 tr. O Food that Weary Pilgrims Love! in Hymns, Anc. & Mod. (Introits & Anthems) p. xvii O Jesu, Whom, by power divine Now hidden 'neath the outward sign, We worship and adore. 1938 Doctr. Church of Eng. ii. 127 The ordinary scholastic use is to employ the word [sc. sacrament] as meaning the outward and visible sign. 1999 W. R. Crockett Eucharist 110 The invisible reality of the body and blood of Christ is symbolized by the outward visible sign. b. In extended use: a visible indication of some fact, quality, state of affairs, etc. Cf. sense 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > presentation to sight or view presentationa1616 outward visible sign1758 1758 Centinel I. 253 They starve within doors, to have the outward and visible sign of dignity by a large house and gilt equipages. 1783 Amer. Wanderer xvii. 206 A little, delicate, finely turned foot..serving as an outward visible sign of delicious invisible things. 1817 W. Hone Late John Wilkes's Catech. 7 I mean an outward visible sign of an inward intellectual meanness. 1887 Hansard's Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 313 634 It was an outward and visible sign of the union between England and Ireland. 1931 V. Dixon Sebastian Wile ii. ii. §1 Her governess had said farewell, outward and visible sign that Martha's days of childish servitude were over. 1951 A. Powell Question of Upbringing iii. 157 Monsieur Dubuisson accepted the brandy as the outward and visible sign of reconciliation. 2004 H. Dubrow Shakespeare & Domest. Loss iii. 115 The windows..were the outward and visible sign of the wealth of a house's inhabitants. extracted from signn. < as lemmas
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