girdle

• The girdle, which is the first specified, is not properly a weapon at all, but it comes first because the belt keeps all the other parts of the armour in place, and gives agility to the wearer. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• Absolute sincerity and transparent truthfulness may well be regarded as the girdle which encloses and keeps secure every other Christian grace and virtue We do not need to go far to find a slight tinge of unreality marring the Christian life: we have only to scrutinise our own experiences to detect some tendency to affectation, to saying a little more than is quite true, even in our sincerest worship. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• Just as the legionary's armour was held in its place by the girdle, and if that worked loose or was carelessly fastened, the breastplate would be sure to get out of position, so all the subsequent graces largely depend for their vigorous exercise on the prime virtue of truthfulness. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• There was a knife in his girdle, and in his hands a long rifle. —  The Rich Little Poor Boy
• Then he girded himself with a girdle, and, lifting up his hands towards heaven, turned towards Mecca, and said exultantly, "Let it be as He has willed." —  Mystics and Saints of Islam

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