noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- (of Jewish high priest)
- breastplate (oracular)
- priestly breastplate/pectoral
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: Near East
- Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
- Source: Souter, “A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.”, Oxford 1949