gremalis
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Searchable Lemmata: gremalis (L).
Alternate Forms: gremalia, gremar, gremialis, gremial.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Accessory;
apron.(circa 1432)
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Variant of the more common gremiālis, 'pertaining to the lap or bosom'. Cf. Latin gremium, AF grenal. Modern English gremial dates from the sixteenth century and is probably a learned readoption of the Latin word in figurative senses, though n.b. gremial 'silken bishop's apron', attested from the beginning of the nineteenth century in the OED.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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