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suppedanea

suppedanea is the plural of suppedaneum.

Meaning of suppedaneum

Noun

suppedaneum (plural suppedanea)

  1. a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross
    • 2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. — Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)
  2. the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands

Questions about suppedanea

What is suppedanea the plural of?
Suppedanea is the plural of suppedaneum.

Words near suppedanea in the dictionary

  1. supparative
  2. Suppas
  3. suppawn
  4. suppawns
  5. supped
  6. suppedanea
  7. suppedaneous
  8. suppedaneum
  9. suppeditate
  10. suppeditated
  11. suppeditates

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