diaconal
.
Searchable Lemmata: diaconalis (L), diaconal (MdE).
Alternate Forms: diaconalibus.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
garment (or other items) belonging to the office of deacon (originally adjectival: 'of a deacon', L diaconalis). In modern English, the word is used in scholarly contexts from the seventeenth century onwards.(ante 1200 - ante 1400)
1. cantet aliquis ... qui audientes edificiet diaconalibus indutus
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[DMLBS HBS (LIX 11)]
Sex: Male Use: Ecclesiastical Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, The adjectival form (Late Latin, Medieval Latin, early MdE) is based upon the Latin noun, subsequently used with a nominal sense. In MdE term the use of diaconal (adj.) is not attested until the seventeeth century.
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