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Alb, a long white garment to signify innocence; (3) The Cincture, a cord about the waist, to signify chastity; (4) The Maniple or hanging vestment on the left arm, to signify penance; (5) The Stole or long vestment about the neck, to signify immortality; (6) The Chasuble or long vestment over all, to signify love and remind the priest, by its cross on front and back, of the Passion of Our Lord.
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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Virgin Mary's Cincture, a belt that Christians believe was worn by Jesus' mother, was brought to Russia by the St. Andrew's Foundation from Mount Athos, a monastic community in Greece, last month.
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Virgin Mary's Cincture, a belt that Christians believe was worn by Jesus' mother, was brought to Russia by the St. Andrew's Foundation from Mount Athos, a monastic community in Greece, last month.
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The shaft in one entire stone including Cincture and Astragal
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Eugene IV in 1439 erected the Confraternity of the Cincture of St. Monica, St. Augustine, and St. Nicholas of Tolentino, in the church of St. James at Bologna.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Sunday will be Placing of the Cincture of the Most Holy Birth-Giver of God, beginning of the Indiction (Church New Year).
unknown title 2009
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1117: With featherd Cincture, naked else and wilde
Paradise Lost (1667) 1667
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