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encolpion

encolpion is the alternative form 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

Forms of encolpion

pluralencolpia
pluralencolpions

Questions about encolpion

What is encolpion the alternative form of?
Encolpion is the alternative form of encolpium.

Words near encolpion in the dictionary

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

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