Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Eccles.: A Jewish ephod.
- noun An amice.
- noun An archiepiscopal pallium or pall. See
humeral . - noun Something borne on the shoulders; a burden: probably with allusion to an ecclesiastical vestment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
imperial decorative collar worn inByzantium .
Etymologies
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super- + humeral
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Examples
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Indeed, what does the superhumeral, by which the shoulders of the bishop are both beautified and burdened, signify if not the burden of episcopal dignity?
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