Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Blessing

with three fingers is symbolical of the Trinity, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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