| 单词 | pectoral cross |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspectoral cross pectoral cross n. see sense B. 3. pectoral cross 3. Worn, or intended to be worn, on the chest. Esp. in pectoral cross. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > other cod-pieced1579 pectoral1616 peasecod-bellied1650 wrapping1787 tunical1805 shad-bellied1832 odalisque1837 peplum1866 pubic1892 sack-back1892 middy1894 sarong1913 hip-hugger1932 bloused1935 snake hook1944 society > faith > artefacts > vestments > sartorial appurtenances > [noun] pectoral cross1728 society > faith > artefacts > vestments > sartorial appurtenances > [noun] > cross pectoral cross1728 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Pectorall, belonging to the breast, or which hangeth before the breast. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In the Romish Church, Bishops and regular Abbots wear a Pectoral Cross. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. vi. 175 We are led to believe that the formal use of the pectoral cross, as now worn over the chasuble, goes no farther back than the middle of the sixteenth century. 1897 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 5) 696/1 Innocent III. is the first author who clearly mentions the pectoral cross as one of the episcopal insignia. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 11 379 A grave of the Gothic or early Lombard period. Among the contents were a gold pectoral cross, earrings, and a ring. 1967 P. Goodman Hawkweed 62 When he touched my pectoral cross I did not see him turning green. 2001 Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 29 Apr. (Mag.) 20 A cut-gold pectoral plaque showing Amenemhat IV, the last Pharaoh of the 12th dynasty. < as lemmas |
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