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scapular


adjective

  1. of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.

noun

  1. Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
  2. two small pieces of woolen cloth, joined by strings passing over the shoulders, worn under the ordinary clothing as a badge of affiliation with a religious order, a token of devotion, etc.
  3. Anatomy, Zoology. scapula.
  4. Ornithology. one of the scapular feathers.

adjective

  1. anatomy of or relating to the scapula

noun

  1. part of the monastic habit worn by members of many Christian, esp Roman Catholic, religious orders, consisting of a piece of woollen cloth worn over the shoulders, and hanging down in front and behind to the ankles
  2. two small rectangular pieces of woollen cloth joined by tapes passing over the shoulders and worn under secular clothes in token of affiliation to a religious order
  3. any of the small feathers that are attached to the humerus of a bird and lie along the shoulder

adj.1680s, “pertaining to the scapula,” from Modern Latin scapularis, from Latin scapula “shoulder” (see scapula). The noun (late 15c., also in Old English) in reference to a short cloak for the shoulders prescribed for certain monks, is from Medieval Latin scapulare, from scapula. Related: Scapulary. adj.

  1. Of or relating to the shoulder or scapula.
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