Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In general, a hood attached to a garment in ecclesiastical or other canonical costume, as the hood of a Bachelor of Arts, or of a fellow of an English university, or that attached to a monk's gown, a cope, or the like.
- noun A short hooded cloak similar to the armilausa.
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Examples
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Fratres autem ducti fuerunt ad plateam ciuitatis, vbi accensus est ignis copiosus, in quen frater Thomas voluit se proijcere, sed quidam Saracenus cepit eam per caputium et retraxit dicens; Non vadus tu cum sis senex, quia carmen aliquod vel experimentum habere posses super te, quare te ignis non posset laedere, sed alium ire in ignem permittas.
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(From caputium, hood — So named from the headgear which was one of their distinctive marks.)
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Similar embroideries adorned the wrists and the caputium (head opening), i.e. the neck.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Crista ad caputium argentea bene operata trifuriata cum perlis et aliis lapidibus, habens pomellum trifuriatum, cum broca et cathena argentea.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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