“antependium”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

antependium

释义

‖ antependium|æntɪˈpɛndɪəm|
Often anti-.
[L., f. ante before + pend-ēre to hang: ‘velum quod antependet.’ Du Cange.]
A veil or covering for the front of the altar, used in Roman Catholic and some Anglican churches; sometimes identified with a frontal, which may be an ornamental panel.
1696Phillips, Antipendium, a large silver-skreen that covers the Front of a Popish Altar..hung on with skrews upon a high day.1716T. Ward Eng. Ref. 51 On Beds they Antipendiums laid, Of Sacred Vestments Cushions made.1849Rock Ch. of Fathers I. iii. 236 The modern term for the frontal is ‘antependium.’1864Ainsworth Tower Lond. 158 The altar, covered with a richly-ornamented antipendium.

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