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colobium

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Searchable Lemmata: colobium (L).
Alternate Forms: collobium, colophium, callobium, collobia, colobeum, colobia, colobio, colobii.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; sleeveless garment, frock; sometimes an undergarment or described as worn by a woman.(ante 700 - ante 1550)
1. Pannucia nuncupata quod sit diversis pannis obsita. Colobium dictum quia longum est et sine manicis, antiqui enim magis hoc utebantur. Levitonarium est colobium lineum sine manicis, quale Aegyptii monachi utuntur. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,22,24)]
2. Colophium : undersyrc. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (1491 (1514))]
3. Colobium : slefleas scrud. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (0791 (791))]
4. colobium oððe interulum : syric. [DOE ÆGl (0900 (315.3))]
5. colobium : loþa : dalmatica ł uestis colobium : loða serc. [DOE AldV 1 (Goossens) (3608 (3613))]
6. colobium : loþa, serc, smocc, hemeþe. [DOE AldV 13.1 (Nap) (3733 (3725))]
7. Ham : colobium [DOE AldV 14 (Logeman-Nap) (0168 (168))]
8. Colobium dictum quia longum est et sine manicis loþa hom ł smoc mentel. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (1350 (C1582))]
9. Ab alia pertica dependeant supara, flammea, flameola, perizoma, pallium, tunica, toga, collobium, capa, antipera. Preter hec autem insstita matronalis, lumbare sive lumbatorium, renale sive ventrale, non dico limata, sed aspergines, sparta et cirmate et longa cirophea et ludices teatrales et terristrum.Alexander of Nequam's de Nominibus Utensilium. [AND TLL (1,182,45-48) circa 1275]
10. collobia: frocs, gulunis/ levitonaria: scapuleres / armilausas (vestes tegentes armos .i. scapulos) : espalés / lumbaria : widicoloris [wadecors] [AND TLL (2,60,26-27)]
11. ostur : jupa, vestis nuptialis: kemese, colobium : froc a moyne, facia : bende [AND TLL (2,83,5-6) circa 1275]
12. hec supertunica: surcote ... hec capa duplex: cape furie ... hec manticapa: jape a maunches ... hoc fastrum: feuter ... hec fibula: tasel, lace ... hoc callobium: frok a moyne ... dicitur pro veste capa Gloss. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [AND Gloss St John2 (368) circa 1250/1300]
13. Alienora mater domini regis ... assumpsit habitum monialum ... et pro purpura preciosa colobio satis contemptibili se contexit Historic. (worn by a woman) [DMLBS WYKES (307) 1286]
14. de habitu canicorum: sub capis suis a pectore usque ad pedes apertis vestes lineas habentes collobium vel superpellicium album ... ; capas eciam nichillominus talares nec nimia brevitate notandas nec inutili longitudine defluentes Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS Reg. S. Paul. (44)]
15. post hoc induatur sindonis colobio ad modum dalmatice formato, capite amictu operto propter unccionem Other. [DMLBS Lib. Regal. (13v.) 1300/1399]
16. duo colobia, viz. gounes Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS Pat (321 m. 9b) 1386]
17. pro factura j colobii de factura Hispana de panno nigro Accounts. [DMLBS KR (Ac 419/20 f. 16v.) 1527]
c.f.: frock
L.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Greek κολόβιον.
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