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PREFERRED TERM
Humeral veil  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Latin "humerus" meaning shoulder, and "humerāle" meaning covering for shoulders. An element of liturgical garments, it is a shawl worn laid in the shoulders of the priests and/or deacons during some ceremonies as benedictions or processions, to cover the hands when holding the Blessed Sacrament. The colour of the veil depends on what colour indicates the Code of Rubrics.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Livingstone, E.A. (ed.) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Voile huméral

French

omerale

Italian

Humeral

Spanish

humerales
paño humeral
velo humeral
paño de hombros
paño ofertorio
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