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paludament|pəˈl(j)uːdəmənt|
[ad. L. palūdāmentum (also in Eng. use); cf. F. paludament (Cotgr. 1611).]
A military cloak worn by Roman generals and chief officers; hence, a royal cloak; a herald's coat.
1614T. White Martyrd. St. George B iv b, A Rich Paludament is cast about The Martyres shoulders. 1656Blount Glossogr., Paludament..a Coat-armor or Horseman's coat, a Soldier's garment, an Herald's Coat of Arms. 1702Addison Dial. Medals iii. Wks. (Bohn) I. 349 Our modern medals are full of togas and tunicas, trabeas and paludamentums. 1821De Quincey Confess. Wks. 1856 V. 263 Immediately came ‘sweeping by’, in gorgeous paludaments, Paullus or Marius. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 485 The two statues of Augustus, one in the paludament of an Imperator.
Hence paludaˈmental a., of the nature of a paludament. rare.
1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 239 Having apparelled himself with a paludamental vesture, after the antick fashion of the illustrious Romans. |