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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 Cinctures from wikipedia
- from
ordinary everyday dress of the
distant past.
There are two
types of
cinctures: one is a rope-like
narrow girdle or rope-like belt
around the waist....
- 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...
- fruit. In
viniculture (grape cultivation) the
technique is also
called cincturing. Like all
vascular plants,
trees use two
vascular tissues for transportation...
- The
cross is now met with, in
various forms, on many objects: fibulas,
cinctures,
earthenware fragments, and on the
bottom of
drinking vessels. De Mortillet...
-
special protection all
those who wore it in her honour. In the
Middle Ages
cinctures were also worn by the
faithful in
honour of saints,
though no confraternities...
-
which is
commemorated on 6 September. He is also ****ociated with the
Cincture of the Theotokos,
which is
commemorated on
August 31. The
Malankara Orthodox...
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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...
- The
Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of
Consolation and
Cincture, also
known as the
Church of
Saint Augustine and
Immaculate Conception Parish, is a Roman...
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clothing Canterbury cap C****ock C****ock-alb
Chasuble Chimere Choir dress Cincture Cope
Dalmatic Gaiters Geneva gown
Girdle Mitre Pectoral cross Rochet Stole...
- milk.
Clothes which are
believed to have
belonged to Mary
include the
Cincture of the
Theotokos kept in the
Vatopedi monastery and her Holy
Girdle kept...
