Definition of Cincture. Meaning of Cincture. Synonyms of Cincture

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Definition of Cincture

Cincture
Cincture Cinc"ture, n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.] 1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb. 2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. ``Within the cincture of one wall.' --Bacon. 3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Meaning of Cincture from wikipedia

- The cincture is a rope-like or ribbon-like article sometimes worn with certain Christian liturgical vestments, encircling the body around or above the...
- The Cincture of the Theotokos is believed to be a relic of the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary), now in the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos, which is...
- ****ociations in the Roman Catholic Church whose members wear a cord, girdle, or cincture in honour of a saint whom they wish to honour and to bear in mind some...
- fruit. In viniculture (grape cultivation) the technique is also called cincturing. Like all vascular plants, trees use two vascular tissues for transportation...
- while the cincture is a wide sash. Generally an alb is closed with a girdle, an Anglican-style double-breasted c****ock is closed with a cincture, and a Roman...
- tied under the belt. Cincture: The habit is often secured around the waist with a belt of leather, wool or a lanyard. The cincture of the Franciscan orders...
- grain-offerings and sacrifice with mead. (ibid, pg. 164) Together with the cincture and the now mostly defunct maniple, the stole symbolizes the bonds and...
- back of the neck. It may be crossed in the front and secured with the cincture. Traditionally, this was done by priests when wearing Eucharistic vestments...
- white garment coming down to the ankles and is usually girdled with a cincture (a type of belt, sometimes of rope similar to the type used with a monastic...
- decorated with pearls, vested azure, sandaled gules, about the waist a cincture or, fringed gules, a mantle of the last depending from the shoulders behind...