SCAPULAR


Meaning of SCAPULAR in English

I. -lər noun

Etymology: Middle English scapulare, from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : a long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit

b. : a pair of small cloth squares joined by shoulder tapes and worn under the clothing on the breast and back as a sacramental and often also as a badge of a third order or confraternity

2.

a. : scapula

b. : one of the feathers covering the base of a bird's wing — see bird illustration

II. adjective

Etymology: New Latin scapularis, from scapula

Date: 1713

: of or relating to the shoulder, the scapula, or scapulars

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.