bless oneself

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bless oneself

verb blesses oneself · blessing oneself · blessed oneself

To make the sign of the cross. 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.
Similar: cross oneself
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bless, oneself. Who can tell how widely you might bless others, while you were laboring to bless yourselves?

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@misc{bless_oneself_2026,
  title = {bless oneself},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bless%20oneself},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}