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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 36 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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 or See also:embroidery formerly worn by bishops of the See also:Roman See also: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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