bless oneself

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Verb

bless oneself (third-person singular simple present blesses oneself, present participle blessing oneself, simple past and past participle blessed oneself)Category:English lemmas#BLESSONESELFCategory:English verbs#BLESSONESELFCategory:English multiword terms#BLESSONESELFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLESSONESELFCategory:Pages with entries#BLESS%20ONESELFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLESS%20ONESELF

  1. (ChristianityCategory:en:Christianity#BLESSONESELF) To make the sign of the cross.
    Synonym: cross oneself
    • 1892, Donahoe's Magazine, page 1:
      They had an ornate ritual ; they professed to believe in the Real Presence ; genuflected and blessed themselves on entering church ; reserved what they called the Blessed Sacrament in a side chapel, and made visits and paid reverence to it.
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    • 2011, Joe Hayes, The Coyote Under the Table, Cinco Puntos Press, →ISBN, page 112:
      The shepherd blessed himself. And then he blessed himself again for good measure. He placed a hand on either side of the pillar and then threw it into the air.
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    • 2022, C. K. McDonnell, This Charming Man: (The Stranger Times 2), Random House, →ISBN:
      Grace's bracelets rattled loudly as she furiously blessed herself several times. ‘Mother Mary, forgive us, this is truly the end of days.’
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    • 2023, Susan MacLellan, Figure It Out with Eva, Word Alive Press, →ISBN:
      She blessed herself quickly, threw back the covers, and grabbed her skating clothes. She was in the bathroom splashing water on her face when her mother tapped on the door.
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bless,‎ oneself.

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