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PECTORAL , a word applied to various See also:objects worn on the See also:breast (See also:Lat. pectus) ; thus it is the name of the ornamental See also:plate of See also:- METAL
- METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)
metal or See also:embroidery formerly worn by bishops of the See also:Roman See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church during the celebration of See also:mass, the breastplate of the Jewish high See also:priest, and the metal plate placed on the breast of the embalmed dead in See also:Egyptian tombs. The " pectoral See also:cross," a small cross of See also:precious metal, is worn by bishops and abbots of the Roman, and by bishops of the See also:Anglican, communion. The See also:term has also been used for the more See also:general " poitrel " or " peitrel " (the See also:French and See also:Norman French forms respectively), the piece of See also:armour which protected the breast of the See also:war-See also:horse of the See also:middle ages.
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