scapular

English

Etymology

From Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskapjʊlə/

Noun

scapular (plural scapulars)

1. (Christianity) A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint. [from 15th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 30:

     A scapular, or friar's coat, for example, was a coveted object to be worn as a preservative against pestilence or the ague […]

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 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.

2. (ornithology) One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
3. A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
4. (Christianity) A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.

Translations

a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint

• Catalan: escapulari m
• Czech: škapulíř m
• Finnish: skapulaari
• French: scapulaire (fr) m
• Galician: escapulario m
• Irish: scaball m
• Italian: scapolare (it) m
• Latin: scapulare n
• Polish: szkaplerz (pl) m
• Spanish: escapulario (es) m
• Tagalog: eskapularyo

feather

• French: scapulaire (fr) m

bandage

• Bulgarian: превръзка през рамото (prevrǎzka prez ramoto)
• French: scapulaire (fr) m

devotional object

• Czech: škapulíř m
• French: scapulaire (fr) m
• Polish: szkaplerz (pl) m
• Spanish: escapulario (es) m
• Ukrainian: скапулярій m (skapuljarij)

Adjective

scapular (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the scapula. [from 18th c.]

Related terms

• midscapular
• scaption

Translations

of or pertaining to the scapula

• Catalan: escapular
• French: scapulaire (fr) m or f
• Galician: escapular
• Irish: scaballach
• Latin: scapularus
• Scottish Gaelic: slinneanach
• Spanish: escapular (es)

Anagrams

• capsular, crapulas

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scapulaire.

Adjective

scapular m or n (feminine singular scapulară, masculine plural scapulari, feminine and neuter plural scapulare)

1. scapular

Declension

Declension of scapular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	scapular		scapulară	scapulari	scapulare
	definite	scapularul		scapulara	scapularii	scapularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	scapular		scapulare	scapulari	scapulare
	definite	scapularului		scapularei	scapularilor	scapularelor