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amictorium

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Searchable Lemmata: amictorium (L).
Alternate Forms: amictoria.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Garment; garment or wrap.(ante 700 - ante 1500)
1. Anaboladium amictorium lineum feminarum quo humeri operiuntur, quod Graeci vel Latini sindonem vocant. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,25,7)]
2. amictoria, A. a coverture Gloss. [DMLBS WW (amictorium) post 1400]
c.f.: sindon, anaboladium
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Classical Latin.
WF:
Etym Cog: amictus.
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