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/seɪn/ · verb
(transitive, archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone..
Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills.
Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ.
Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.
The child was sained then. Fir candles were lighted and whirled round the bed in which mother and infant lay.
Use sain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sain means (transitive, archaic) To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills.
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