gremial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gremiālis.

Adjective

gremial (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the lap.

Noun

gremial (plural gremials)

1. A decorated cloth placed on a bishop's lap whilst celebrating mass or ordaining priests.
2. (obsolete) A bosom friend.
   • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge:

     These Friars living in these convents were capable of degrees, and kept their Acts, as other University-men. Yet were they gremials and not gremials, who sometimes would so stand on the tiptoes of their privileges, that they endeavoured to be higher than other students: so that oftentimes they and the scholars could not set their horses in one stable, or rather their books on one shelf.

Anagrams

• Gmailer, lamiger

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gremiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾə.miˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾe.miˈal]

Adjective

gremial m or f (masculine and feminine plural gremials)

1. (relational) corporation, guild, or professional association

Related terms

• gremi

Noun

gremial m (plural gremials)

1. gremial (vestment)

Further reading

• “gremial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From gremio +‎ -al.

Adjective

gremial m or f (masculine and feminine plural gremiales)

1. (relational) labor union

Derived terms

• gremialismo
• gremialista

 

Further reading

• “gremial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014