PREFERRED TERM
Pall
DEFINITION
- n. From the Old English "pæl" and the Latin "pallium" meaning covering or cover. For the Christian Church, the squared small cloth with which the chalice is covered on its top during some part at the Eucharist. Nowadays consists of a square pocket stiffened with cardboard.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- chalice veil
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com] Livingstone, E.A. (ed.) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Voile de calice
French
Copricalice
Italian
Cubrecaliz
Spanish
Paño del cáliz
URI
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