A kiss?
2007-09-24 05:39:58 · 33 answers · asked by Dylanne 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Wow, id never thought of that before.
Good question!
"Early illiterates signed documents with a cross. They did so for an obvious reason. A cross was so simple to draw, and yet, being also a sacred symbol, implied the promise of truth. But to solemnly confirm further the veracity of what had been endorsed thus, the writer kissed his 'signature,' as he was accustomed to do with the holy book. And that is how, finally, by its very association, the cross came to be identified with a kiss."
2007-09-24 05:45:12 · answer #1 · answered by Charli M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the Middle Ages most people were illiterate but they still at times had to enter into legal written contracts. Usually these contracts would be with local feudal lords or the Church.
A lawyer would read the contract and ask the person to make his mark, an X, the lawyer would then notarize it attesting to and witnessing the "signature". Then that person would kiss the X as his solemn or holy oath to follow through with the contract.
2007-09-24 05:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by brianjames04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The letter "X" represents many terms...
1. The 24th letter of the English alphabet.
2. The roman numeral for the number 10.
3. A rating for adult or sexually explicit films.
4. Cancellation or rejection.
5. In the game of Tic-Tac-Toe, the game is played in a horizontally, vertical or a diagonally order in a set of three "X's" or "O's".
6. "X's" and "O's" usually mean defense and offense in the game of football, strategies by the team's coach and players.
2007-09-24 05:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by slimdude142 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the symbol for United States Steel Corporation on Wall Street.
2007-09-24 05:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by SaturnMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the number 10
2007-09-24 05:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by New Moon Daughter 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
letter stand
2016-02-02 06:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by Edgar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a movie rating which means "Xplicit."
2007-09-24 05:43:19 · answer #7 · answered by Crazy Julie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It stands for many things, but I know it is used to symbolize The Cross, or Christ, as in X-mas.
2007-09-24 05:45:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be a kiss
Could be for extreme
Could be for X marks the spot
Could be an adult rating
2007-09-24 05:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Fantasy Football Princess 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
X marks the spot
2007-09-24 05:44:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋