antependium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌæntɪˈpɛndi.əm/ === Noun === antependium (plural antependiums or antependia) (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Synonym: forecloth ==== Translations ==== === References === “antependium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin antependium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑn.təˈpɛn.di.ʏm/ Hyphenation: an‧te‧pen‧di‧um === Noun === antependium n (plural antependia, no diminutive) (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/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪e̞ˌpe̞ndium] Rhymes: -endium Syllabification(key): an‧te‧pen‧di‧um Hyphenation(key): an‧te‧pen‧di‧um === Noun === antependium (rare) synonym of alttarivaate (“antependium”) ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From ante (“before”) +‎ pendeō (“hang”) +‎ -ium. === Noun === antependium n (genitive antependiī or antependī); second declension antependium, altar frontal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Synonyms ==== pallium altāris ==== Related terms ==== antependulus ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: antependi → English: antependium → Portuguese: antipêndio === References === "antependium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependier, definite plural antependia or antependiene) (ecclesiastical) antependium == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependium, definite plural antependia) (ecclesiastical) antependium == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin antependium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /an.tɛˈpɛn.djum/ Rhymes: -ɛndjum Syllabification: an‧te‧pen‧dium === Noun === antependium n (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 ==== === Further reading === antependium in Polish dictionaries at PWN antependium in PWN's encyclopedia