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encolpia

encolpia is the plural of encolpion.

encolpia is the plural of encolpium.

Meaning of encolpium

Noun

encolpium (plural encolpia or encolpiums)

  1. A reliquary that is worn suspended from the neck like a medallion.
    • Since encolpiums of this type were used for many centuries, many have survived and the literature is fairly extensive.1965, Marvin Chauncey Ross, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Volume 2, →ISBN

Questions about encolpia

What is encolpia the plural of?
Encolpia is the plural of encolpion.

Words near encolpia in the dictionary

  1. encolors
  2. encolour
  3. encoloured
  4. encolouring
  5. encolours
  6. encolpia
  7. encolpion
  8. encolpions
  9. encolpium
  10. encolpiums
  11. encolumned

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