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单词 antependium
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antependiumn.

Brit. /ˌantᵻˈpɛndɪəm/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)əˈpɛndiəm/
Inflections: Plural antependiums, antependia.
Forms: 1500s–1800s antipendium, 1600s– antependium.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin antependium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin antependium veil or covering for the front of an altar (14th cent.; 16th cent. in a Scottish source) < classical Latin ante- ante- prefix + pendēre to hang (see pend v.3) + -ium (see -y suffix4). Compare earlier antepend n.
A veil or covering for the front of an altar. Cf. frontal n. 2a.figurative in quot. 1635.
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1594 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 162 They found great store of books and church stuff..with relics, pictures, antipendiums, borders, and all other furniture belonging to the altar.
1635 J. Jones Adrasta 59 Now the Antependium of your face is off, you have a more Sibiline aspect.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 176 They shewed me a curious Antependium for an Altar, all of beaten gold set with Pearle.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Antipendium, a large silver-skreen that covers the Front of a Popish Altar..hung on with skrews upon a high day.
1716 T. Ward England's Reformation 51 On Beds they Antipendiums laid, Of Sacred Vestments Cushions made.
1749 Universal Mag. Aug. 72/1 Seventeen Antependiums, or altar-fronts of the same metal and workmanship [as the pulpits].
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. iii. 236 The modern term for the frontal is ‘antependium.’
1864 W. H. Ainsworth Tower of London 158 The altar, covered with a richly-ornamented antipendium.
1914 H. A. Dickinson German Masters of Art i. iii. 31 The altar-piece—antependium or superfrontal—came into use in the churches about the middle of the XII century.
1986 Server Spring 8 The altar: two candles lit, violet antependium.
2006 A. Symondson & S. Bucknall Sir Ninian Comper 140 Comper..added hangings..cushions, and antependia to the three desks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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