faciale
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Searchable Lemmata: facialis (L), faciale (ME), feciaul (W), faciale (MdE).
Alternate Forms: fasciale.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Utilisation;
a cloth for covering the face of a corpse [cf. John 20:7 and Gesta Pilati I:2](post 1300 - post 1500 ?)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, From Late Latin (as a substantive) derivative of facies 'face'; first recorded in the 3rd century AD in a Greek guise (ϕακιάλιον) but in Latin texts from the 5th cent. The word is not attested in Anglo-French and only known in continental Middle French from the late fifteenth century.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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