Search Result for "humeral_veil":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl;
[syn: humeral veil, veil]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Humeral \Hu"mer*al\, a. [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. hum['e]ral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. [1913 Webster] Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

humeral veil n 1: a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl [syn: humeral veil, veil]