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antimins

antimins noun: a rectangular piece of linen or silk, usually decorated with religious emblems and inscriptions, and containing a small relic of a martyr.

Noun

antimins

  1. A rectangular piece of linen or silk, usually decorated with religious emblems and inscriptions, and containing a small relic of a martyr.

Forms of antimins

alternative formantimens
alternative formantimension
alternative formantimensium
alternative formantiminsion

Origin of antimins

From Ancient Greek Ἀντιμήνσιον (Antimḗnsion).

Questions about antimins

What does antimins mean?
Antimins means a rectangular piece of linen or silk, usually decorated with religious emblems and inscriptions, and containing a small relic of a martyr.
What part of speech is antimins?
Antimins is a noun.

Words near antimins in the dictionary

  1. antiministerial
  2. antiministerialist
  3. antiministerialists
  4. antiministry
  5. antiminority
  6. antimins
  7. antiminsia
  8. antiminsion
  9. antiminsions
  10. antimir
  11. antimirror

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