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  • noun Plural form of parament.

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Examples

  • It also shows how a freestanding altar and baldachin may be used within the context of ad orientem liturgy, as well as being a further commentary on truly noble simplicity in architecture and church paraments.

    Reverse Iconoclasm in One Hour or Less 2009

  • Archbishop Burke and the sacred ministered, incidentally, were wearing some rather fine gothic vestments, and these pictures show, in my opinion, how these can go perfectly well together with other paraments in more Roman/baroque forms, such as the mitre, the copes of the book and bugia bearers or the chasubles of the ordinandi.

    Ordinations for the Franciscans of the Immaculate 2009

  • The walls of the building are nicely built with two clear limestone paraments and a filling of smaller limestones, like the walls that were found during the previous excavation campaigns.

    Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Tepe Düzen Report 4 2003

  • And as we see this church, it's obviously an old and historic church, traditionally appointed with the paraments and the divided chancel (ph).

    CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2002 2002

  • When I started my first business in Michigan in 1981, I made banners and liturgical paraments for my church.

    SFGate: Top News Stories datebookletters@sfchronicle.com (Edward Guthmann 2011

  • The paraments of the Proxy in the SPA922 are already configured too.

    Voxilla VoIP Forum wcellabr 2010

  • I wanted to share with NLM readers -- a number of whom are interested in the paraments of the Church -- a book I recently received, which looks to be of some notable interest to many of our readership.

    New Liturgical Movement 2009

  • In order to suggest the difference between Advent and Lent, and to summon us to prepare for the coming of the King in the way that is most fitting, these churches use paraments of blue - the color of hope.

    watersblogged! 2009

  • The last Hallelujah dies away in chapel and cathedral, and while the echo still lingers among the rafters, the violet paraments of sorrow are placed upon the altar ...

    Weedon's Blog 2009

  • If you care about being Lutheran and having Lutheran resources, please, look first at Augsburg Fortress materials when selecting church resources - from certificates to communion wafers to curriculum to paraments.

    The Lutheran Zephyr 2.0 2008

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