antependium
English
Etymology
From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”)
Noun
antependium (plural antependiums or antependia)
- (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
- Synonym: forecloth
Translations
the hangings in front of the altar
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References
- “antependium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin antependium.
Pronunciation
Noun
antependium n (plural antependia)
- (Christianity) antependium, frontal; the drapery hangings before an altar or lectern in a church
Finnish
Noun
antependium
- (rare) Synonym of alttarivaate (“antependium”).
Declension
Inflection of antependium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | antependium | antependiumit | |
genitive | antependiumin | antependiumien | |
partitive | antependiumia | antependiumeja | |
illative | antependiumiin | antependiumeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | antependium | antependiumit | |
accusative | nom. | antependium | antependiumit |
gen. | antependiumin | ||
genitive | antependiumin | antependiumien | |
partitive | antependiumia | antependiumeja | |
inessive | antependiumissa | antependiumeissa | |
elative | antependiumista | antependiumeista | |
illative | antependiumiin | antependiumeihin | |
adessive | antependiumilla | antependiumeilla | |
ablative | antependiumilta | antependiumeilta | |
allative | antependiumille | antependiumeille | |
essive | antependiumina | antependiumeina | |
translative | antependiumiksi | antependiumeiksi | |
abessive | antependiumitta | antependiumeitta | |
instructive | — | antependiumein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin
Noun
antependium n (genitive antependiī or antependī); second declension
- antependium
- Antependia habet et bene pendent.
- He has antependiums and they hang quite well.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | antependium | antependia |
Genitive | antependiī antependī1 |
antependiōrum |
Dative | antependiō | antependiīs |
Accusative | antependium | antependia |
Ablative | antependiō | antependiīs |
Vocative | antependium | antependia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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