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vimpa

vimpa noun: a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.

Noun

vimpa (plural vimpae)

  1. A veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.

Forms of vimpa

pluralvimpae

Origin of vimpa

From Medieval Latin vimpa, from Frankish *wimpil, *wimpila (“head scarf”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from *wīpaną (“to wind, swing”). Doublet of wimple.

Questions about vimpa

What does vimpa mean?
Vimpa means a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches.
What part of speech is vimpa?
Vimpa is a noun.
What is the plural of vimpa?
The plural of vimpa is vimpae.

Words near vimpa in the dictionary

  1. viminal
  2. Viminal Hill
  3. vimineous
  4. viminol
  5. vimless
  6. vimpa
  7. vimpae
  8. Vimpeli
  9. vimseltinib
  10. vimsite
  11. VIN

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