scapulaire

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On the one was the figure, in stone, of some grim hermit, or monk, who had died in the odour of sanctity; he was represented as recumbent, in his cowl and scapulaire, with his face turned upward as in the act of devotion, and his hands folded, from which his string of beads was dependent.

The Black Dwarf 2004
On the one was the figure, in stone, of some grim hermit, or monk, who had died in the odour of sanctity; he was represented as recumbent, in his cowl and scapulaire, with his face turned upward as in the act of devotion, and his hands folded, from which his string of beads was dependent.

The Black Dwarf 1898
Much stress was laid on the _sainte scapulaire_, or, holy scapulary.

Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Maria Monk 1832
He had a _sainte scapulaire_ on his neck, when God seeing him in the midst of his foes, took it from his neck by a miracle, and held it up in the air above the throng of heretics; more than one hundred of whom were converted, by seeing it thus supernaturally suspended.

Awful Disclosures Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published Maria Monk 1832
On the one was the figure, in stone, of some grim hermit, or monk, who had died in the odour of sanctity; he was represented as recumbent, in his cowl and scapulaire, with his face turned upward as in the act of devotion, and his hands folded, from which his string of beads was dependent.

The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801