antimension
noun
an·ti·men·si·on
ˌantə̇ˈmensēˌän,
-tē-,
-ōn,
-ən
variants or antimensium or antimins or antiminsion
-sēəm
-ˌminz
-ˈminsēˌän,
-ōn,
-ən
plural antimensia or antiminsia
-sēə
Eastern Church
: a consecrated piece of silk or linen cloth containing relics consecrated by a bishop and kept on the altar
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin antimensium, from Middle Greek antiminsion, antimēsion, probably from Greek anti- anti- entry 1 + Latin mensa table + Greek -ion -ium
- thumbed one's nose (at)
- thumbed one's nose at
- thumbed through
- thumber
- thumbhole
- thumbholer
- thumbholes
- thumbier
- thumbiest
- thumbing
- thumbing (through)
- thumbing one's nose
- thumbing one's nose (at)
- thumbing one's nose at
- thumbing through
- thumbkins
- thumbless
- thumbling
- thumbmark
- thumbnail
- thumbnail sketch
- thumbnailer
- thumbnailest
- thumbnailler
- thumbnaillest