humeral veil : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: humeral veil	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for humeral veil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humeral veil n a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl Synonym(s): humeral veil, veil
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humeral \Hu"mer*al\, a. [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. hum[82]ral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial. {Humeral veil} (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.