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Attire > Religious attire > Mantle (religious)
PREFERRED TERM
Mantle (religious)  
DEFINITION
  • n. From Old and Middle English "mentel" "mantal" "mantille" "mantyl". It is, in general, a loose sleeveless and protective garment or blanket with religious or liturgical uses.
BROADER CONCEPT
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Manteau (iconographie)

French

Manto (religioso)

Italian

mantella
Manto (religioso)

Spanish

URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/738
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