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- A breastplate or chestplate is a device worn over the torso to protect it from injury, as an item of religious significance, or as an item of status....
- The priestly breastplate or breastpiece of judgment (Hebrew: חֹשֶׁן ḥōšen) was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest of the Israelites, according...
- "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" is an Old Irish prayer of protection of the "lorica" type (hence "Lorica Sancti Patricii", or "The Lorica of Saint Patrick")...
- A breastplate (also referred to as a breastcollar, ****trap or breastgirth) is a piece of tack (equipment) used on horses. Its purpose is to keep a...
- biblical texts in Ephesians chapter 6 mention six pieces of armor: belt breastplate (θώραξ, thorax) footwear shield (θυρεὸς, thyreos) helmet (περικεφαλαία...
- תֻּמִּים‎ Tummīm, "perfection" or "truth") are elements of the hoshen, the breastplate worn by the High Priest attached to the ephod, a type of apron or garment...
- term "cuir****" generally refers to both the breastplate and the backplate pieces; whereas a breastplate only protects the front, a cuir**** protects both...
- Aboriginal breastplates (also called king plates or aboriginal gorgets) were a form of regalia used in pre-Federation Australia by white colonial authorities...
- believed there was a connection between the twelve stones in Aaron's breastplate (signifying the tribes of Israel, as described in the Book of Exodus)...
- Thummim were placed in the breastplate, not the ephod, in Leviticus 8:8. The integration of the stones in the breastplate, as well as the Hebrew usage...