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Cincture   Listen
noun
Cincture  n.  
1.
A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.
2.
That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall."
3.
(Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.





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"Cincture" Quotes from Famous Books



... a long coat, close-fitting, reaching to the feet, and buttoned down the front. It is generally of black, except in cathedral churches and for Bishops and cathedral dignitaries, when the {108} episcopal purple may appropriately be used. A cincture, or broad sash, sometimes confines the cassock ...
— The Worship of the Church - and The Beauty of Holiness • Jacob A. Regester


Words linked to "Cincture" :   girdle, waistcloth, waistband, band, cummerbund


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