antependium

English

Etymology

From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”)

Noun

antependium (plural antependiums or antependia)

(ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.

Translations

the hangings in front of the altar

Portuguese: antipêndio m

References

antependium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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