单词 | lenten veil |
释义 | > as lemmasLenten veil Lenten veil n. now historical a curtain hung in front of the altar during Lent; cf. veil n.1 4b, Lenten cloth n. ΚΠ 1720 J. Johnson Coll. Eccl. Laws Church of Eng. I. sig. R4 The Lenten Veil was a Curtain, drawn between the Altar and the People, during Mass. 1882 M. H. Bloxam Princ. Gothic Eccles. Archit. (ed. 11) II. 53 The parishioners were to provide..a lenten veil, a banner for rogations, bells with ropes, a bier for the dead. 2012 Paisley Daily Express (Nexis) 25 Feb. 2 I described the Lenten Veil used in the Middle Ages to cover as with a shroud the chancel of the church. < as lemmas |
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