Definition of Cinctures. Meaning of Cinctures. Synonyms of Cinctures

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Definition of Cinctures

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 Christian relic of the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary), now in the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos...
- fruit. In viniculture (grape cultivation) the technique is also called cincturing. Like all vascular plants, trees use two vascular tissues for transportation...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- attempted to mimic the look of Catholic monks by wearing black habits with cinctures symbolically tied around their necks, and hair worn in partially shaved...
- clothing Canterbury cap C****ock C****ock-alb Chasuble Chimere Choir dress Cincture Cope Dalmatic Gaiters Geneva gown Girdle Mitre Pectoral cross Rochet Stole...
- of embroidered fabric similar to a maniple which was suspended from the cincture. It was embroidered with a cross and the Agnus Dei. The falda—a particular...