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scapulary en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English scapelarie, from Latin scapulārium, scapulāre.

Meanings

  1. scapular
  2. A form of brace or suspender for keeping a belt or body bandage in place; it is made of a broad roller bandage split half way, the undivided part being in front, the divided ends passing over the shoulders and down the back.
    • The friar put his hand under his scapulary, and drawing out a small linen bag which hung round his neck, took from it a bit of parchment[…] 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume I, Book I, Chapter X, page 187:
    • Like fairies in general the Korrigan steal children, against which the remedy usually employed is, to place the child under the protection of the Virgin, by putting a rosary or a scapulary about its neck. 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 432:

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scapulary en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle French scapulaire and Latin scapulārius. By surface analysis, scapula + -ary.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) scapular

Deriveds

suprascapulary