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bugias

bugias is the plural of bugia.

Meaning of bugia

Noun

bugia (plural bugias)

  1. A liturgical candlestick held beside a Latin Catholic bishop or other prelate.
    • The Bishop having given his blessing to the Subdeacon, reads the Epistle, Gradual, Alleluia, Prose, and Gospel, after having said with joined hands the Munda cor meum, &c., and Dominus vobiscum: the book is supported by the Clerk, and the bugia held as usual.1853, J[ohn] D[uncan] Hilarius Dale, “Solemn Mass Sung by a Bishop in His Own Diocese”, in Ceremonial According to the Roman Rite. […] With the Pontifical Offices of a Bishop in His Own Diocese...

Questions about bugias

What is bugias the plural of?
Bugias is the plural of bugia.

Words near bugias in the dictionary

  1. bughouse
  2. bughouse chess
  3. bughouses
  4. Bugi
  5. bugia
  6. bugias
  7. bugicide
  8. bugicides
  9. Buginese
  10. Bugis
  11. bugkind

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