单词 | infula |
释义 | infulan. 1. Roman History. A slightly twisted flock or fillet of red and white wool, worn on the forehead by priests, worshippers, and suppliants, or similarly placed on victims for sacrifice, and used in other ways as a religious symbol. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > headband infule1591 infula1728 garland1791 society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > Christian symbols or images > [noun] > twisted fillet of red or white wool infule1591 infula1869 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Infula, a name antiently given to some of the Pontifical Ornaments. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Difference between the Diadem and the Infula consisted in this, that the Diadem was flat and broad, and the Infula rounded and twisted. 1869 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. At Roman marriages the bride, who carried wool upon a distaff in the procession, fixed it as an infula upon the door-case of her future husband on entering the house. 2. Ecclesiastical. Each of the two lappets or ribbons of a bishop's mitre. Also in Heraldry.In medieval Latin applied also to a chasuble, and in some mediaeval glossaries explained as a mitre or other covering for the head; see Du Cange. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > headgear > [noun] > mitre > appendage to label1552 phylacter1604 infula1610 phylactery1906 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [noun] > mitre > ribbon of infula1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. ii. 192 This kind of Infula or Miter, is worne by the Antichristian Prelate of Rome. 1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art II. 311 The infulæ, two bands or lappets, depending from the mitre behind, distinguish the bishop from the abbot. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) xiv. 165 From within the circle [of a mitre] depend two Vittæ, Infulæ, or ribbons of purple, fringed at the ends with gold. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1610 |
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