十じゅう字じを切きる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

make the sign of the cross; cross oneself

Christian term for the gesture of tracing a cross, typically with the right hand, as a blessing or prayer.

• 教きょう会かいに入はいるとき、彼かれは十じゅう字じを切きった。

  When entering the church, he made the sign of the cross.

• 祈いのりの前まえに十じゅう字じを切きる習しゅう慣かんがある。

  There is a custom of crossing oneself before prayer.