Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Eccles.: A Jewish ephod.
  • noun An amice.
  • noun An archiepiscopal pallium or pall. See humeral.
  • noun Something borne on the shoulders; a burden: probably with allusion to an ecclesiastical vestment.

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  • noun An imperial decorative collar worn in Byzantium.

Etymologies

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super- +‎ humeral

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Examples

  • Indeed, what does the superhumeral, by which the shoulders of the bishop are both beautified and burdened, signify if not the burden of episcopal dignity?

    Hamilton: "A Liturgy of Reform" 1996

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