antependium

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English

Etymology

From Latin ante (before) + pendere (to hang).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæntɪˈpɛndi.əm/

Noun

antependium (plural antependiums or antependia)

  1. (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
    Synonym: forecloth

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin antependium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑn.təˈpɛn.di.ʏm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: an‧te‧pen‧di‧um

Noun

antependium n (plural antependia)

  1. (Christianity) antependium, frontal; the drapery hangings before an altar or lectern in a church

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, ultimately from Latin antependium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑntependium/,
  • Rhymes: -endium
  • Hyphenation(key): an‧te‧pen‧di‧um

Noun

antependium (rare)

  1. Synonym of alttarivaate (antependium).

Declension

Inflection of antependium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative antependium antependiumit
genitive antependiumin antependiumien
partitive antependiumia antependiumeja
illative antependiumiin antependiumeihin
singular plural
nominative antependium antependiumit
accusative nom. antependium antependiumit
gen. antependiumin
genitive antependiumin antependiumien
partitive antependiumia antependiumeja
inessive antependiumissa antependiumeissa
elative antependiumista antependiumeista
illative antependiumiin antependiumeihin
adessive antependiumilla antependiumeilla
ablative antependiumilta antependiumeilta
allative antependiumille antependiumeille
essive antependiumina antependiumeina
translative antependiumiksi antependiumeiksi
abessive antependiumitta antependiumeitta
instructive antependiumein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of antependium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Latin

Etymology

From ante (before) +‎ pendeō (hang) +‎ -ium.

Noun

antependium n (genitive antependiī or antependī); second declension

  1. antependium, altar frontal

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative antependium antependia
genitive antependiī
antependī1
antependiōrum
dative antependiō antependiīs
accusative antependium antependia
ablative antependiō antependiīs
vocative antependium antependia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: antependi
  • English: antependium

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependier, definite plural antependia or antependiene)

  1. (ecclesiastical) antependium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependium, definite plural antependia)

  1. (ecclesiastical) antependium

Polish

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antependium

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin antependium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.tɛˈpɛn.djum/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛndjum
  • Syllabification: an‧te‧pen‧dium

Noun

antependium n

  1. (architecture, Christianity) antependium, altar cloth, forecloth, frontal, pulpit fall (decorative cloth that is used to cover the top, front, and sides of an altar)
    Synonyms: antepedium, frontale

Declension

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