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Scapulary   Listen
noun
Scapulary, Scapular  n.  
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
(b)
The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
2.
(Surg.) A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.





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"Scapulary" Quotes from Famous Books



... silver spoon, fork, and goblet, and these were all marked 32, which was the number under which I was registered there. Marie gave me a thick woollen muffler in shades of violet, which she had been knitting for me in secret for several days. My aunt put round my neck a little scapulary which had been blessed, and when my mother and father arrived ...
— My Double Life - The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt • Sarah Bernhardt
... Roman toga, a loose and flowing habit, closed below the waist, but open from the throat to the girdle, which was simply a band of yellow cloth, bound tightly. From the shoulders hung two narrow strips, also yellow, descending over the robe to the feet, and resembling the scapular worn by certain orders of the Roman Catholic clergy. At his side was an open watch of gold, the gift of his sovereign. At his feet sat seventeen disciples, shading their faces with ...
— The English Governess At The Siamese Court • Anna Harriette Leonowens
... after procession marched in, filling the church, and numbers of them stayed all day, lying on the grass about the church. . . . Father Hecker called out a noted politician, who had not been to the sacraments for many years until the mission, to receive the scapular as an example, and the good man did not fail to receive a plentiful supply of holy water from the vigorous arm of ...
— Life of Father Hecker • Walter Elliott


Words linked to "Scapulary" :   monastic habit, scapular, garment


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