Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Superior or upper, as a fissure of the frontal lobe of the brain: specifying one of the anterior lateral fissures: distinguished from
subfrontal . - noun Eccles.: A dossal.
- noun The covering of the mensa, or top of the altar. It overhangs the upper part of the frontal. See
frontal , 5 .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cloth placed over the top of analtar , often hanging down a few inches over thefrontal .
Etymologies
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super- + frontal
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Examples
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The superior frontal gyrus (gyrus frontalis superior; superfrontal gyre) is situated above the superior frontal sulcus and is continued on to the medial surface of the hemisphere.
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As soon as these regulations were broken and candlestick, cross, and superfrontal found a place upon the altar. this change necessarily exerted a strong influence upon the manufacture and decoration of the articles mentioned.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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