cidaris
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Searchable Lemmata: cidaris (L).
Alternate Forms: cydarin, cytharim.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Headgear;
religious (originally oriental) headdress.(ante 1000 - circa 1483)
1. haec autem erunt vestimenta quae facient rationale et superumerale tunica et lineam strictam cidarim et balteum facient vestimenta sancta Aaron fratri tuo et filiis eius ut sacerdotio fungantur mihi
[DOE Biblia Sacra (Fischer, et al.) (Ex 28,4)]
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical Latin, < Greek κίδαριϛ, a term originally used of a high Persian or hat or cap, sometimes used of a royal diadem, though in various texts for headgear worn by differing Oriental peoples (the word is ultimately of Indo-Iranian origin, and cf. Sanskrit kirīta 'crown').
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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