humeral
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Searchable Lemmata: humerale (L), humeral (MdE).
Alternate Forms: humerale.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
cloak, cape, stole or similar covering for the shoulders. Originally this garment-name was used for part of the priestly vestments prescribed for the Levites in Exodus 28.(ante 1300 still in current use)
1. [54] ... hec sirma: e[m]pleez ... [55] ... hoc tubrale (sic) vel tibratus: genuler ... canabium: cambre ... fultrum: coylte ... galiale: eschapel de feutre ... hoc lu[m]bare, a lumbo, a[r]millare: espauler, ab armis ... humerale: espauler
Gloss.
[AND TLL (ii 54-55) ante 1300]
Sex: N/A Use: Ecclesiastical Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Shoulder(s).
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, Late Latin *humeral(is), as a substantive neutral of humerale, umerale (covering for the shoulders), from humerus, umerus (shoulder).
'Humeral' is attested in early MdE from 1641 as part of an Old Testament vestment in a commentary on Exodus 28:14 (OED siglum and reference 'TRAPP Comm. Exod. xxviii. 14') and in MdE from the mid-nineteenth century, primarily as a 'humeral veil', an Ecclesiastical or ceremonial veil worn over the shoulders [OED, 2nd ed. 1989], worn in Catholic and Anglican ceremonies, sometimes containing pockets at the end and used to wrap the celebrant's hands while handling the monstrance.
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