scapular
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
scapular (plural scapulars)
- (Christianity) A short cloak, now often with an embroidered image of a saint, worn around the shoulders. [from 15th c.]
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 409:
- She granted the Whitefriars identical powers to the Blackfriars, to bless a part of their friar's habit which draped over their shoulders and was known as the scapular; now laity could wear it and derive spiritual privileges from it.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 409:
- (Christianity) A cloth talisman, usually with an embroidered image of a saint, worn around the neck.
- (zoology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
- A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
Translations [edit]
a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
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Adjective [edit]
scapular (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the scapula. [from 18th c.]
Translations [edit]
of or pertaining to the scapula
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