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encolpium

encolpium noun: a reliquary that is worn suspended from the neck like a medallion.

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
    • An encolpium or reliquary is mentioned as being of gold with one side, obviously the front, formed of crystal, the other sides being enamel.2002, Herbert Norris, Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development, →ISBN, page 136

Forms of encolpium

pluralencolpia
pluralencolpiums
alternative formencolpion
alternative formenkolpion

Questions about encolpium

What does encolpium mean?
Encolpium means a reliquary that is worn suspended from the neck like a medallion.
What part of speech is encolpium?
Encolpium is a noun.
What is the plural of encolpium?
The plural of encolpium is encolpia.

Words near encolpium in the dictionary

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

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