subcingulum

subcingulum
\\ˌsəbˈsiŋgyələm\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Late Latin subcingulum, succingulum, from Latin, girdle, from subcingere, succingere to tuck up, gird about + -ulum (neuter of -ulus -ule)
: a vestment consisting of a girdle or belt circling the waist from which hangs the subcinctorium of the papal vestments when the pope of the Roman Catholic Church is celebrating a solemn mass

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  • subcingulum — sub·cin·gu·lum …   English syllables

  • EPIGONATION — vestis sacra Graecorum, Ε᾿πιγονάτιον, ad modum calicis burae fromata, quam Epp. ahiiqueve in dignitate constituti, inter Sacra, gestant ad genua usque pendulam, ad laevum latus: in memoriam lintei, quo Salvator in ultima cena Discipulorum pedes… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • SUCCINCTORIUM — vide supra Subcingulum: item Cincti et Cinctum, nec non Epigonation et Praecinctorium …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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