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Meanings of kissed the cross in English

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Usage of kissed the cross in English
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He kissed the cross and flung the chain back over my neck.
The Helmet of Navarre
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Rodriguez bent and kissed the cross which the priest held up before him.
Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
3
Then the sick knight raised himself up, and kissed the cross.
Stories of King Arthur and His Knights / Retold from Malory's "M...
4
One after another they came near, kissed the cross, and saluted the usurper.
The Daughter of the Commandant
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The Emperor and both Empresses not only kissed the cross, but the archbishop's hand.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
6
I would not believe you if you kissed the cross!
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
7
Robin muttered, "I love you, baby," and knelt forward and kissed the cross.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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And as the king ceased, he uncovered his head, and kissed the cross of his sword.
The Last of the Barons — Volume 07
9
She kissed the cross passionately as she ceased.
A Lover in Homespun / And Other Stories
10
Frantically she kissed the cross around her neck.
And the rat laughed
11
Halbert kissed the cross, and rising from his knees, went weeping out of the chapel, followed by the soldier.
The Scottish Chiefs
12
All kissed the cross.
Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
13
First the inspector came up and kissed the cross, then the jailers, then the convicts, pushing and abusing each other in whispers.
Resurrection
14
At his entrance his wife ceased her cursings and revilings, and meekly kissed the cross in the fear she had of him.
The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5)
15
Nigel said little as he listened, but he raised his hunting-dagger to his tightened lips, and thrice he kissed the cross of its handle.
Sir Nigel
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Then the sick knight rose up and kissed the cross; and anon his squire brought him his arms and asked his lord how he did.
Bulfinch's Mythology
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