antependium.
antependium, altar cloth, forecloth, frontal, pulpit fall (decorative cloth that is used to cover the top, front, and sides of an altar)
Meaning & usage
antependium, altar cloth, forecloth, frontal, pulpit fall (decorative cloth that is used to cover the top, front, and sides of an altar)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti Proto-Italic *pendējō Proto-Italic *pendēō Latin pendeō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Ecclesiastical Latin antependiumlbor. Polish antependium Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin antependium.
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