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encolpiums

encolpiums 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 encolpiums

What is encolpiums the plural of?
Encolpiums is the plural of encolpium.

Words near encolpiums in the dictionary

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

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