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(Saining,) Sayning, Saning, vbl. n. Also: sanyne. [Sain(e v.] Blessing by ritual sign or act; making the sign of the cross; crossing oneself. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 102.
Thair ma na sanyne me save fra that auld Sathane 1580 Facs. Nat. MSS III lxx.
We detest and refuse … his holy water, … cungering of spritis, crocing, saning [etc.] c1588 Cath. Tr. 251/27.
We confes pardones, … sayning, anoynting and al uther suche ceremonies Napier Plain Discov. Rev. St. John (1593) 58.
Beside their daylie crossings with their right hand on their fore-heads which they cal saning
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