antependium
English
noun
Definitions
- (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
Etymology
Derived from Latin ante (before, in front of, in front, forward, preposition and prefix, beforehand, in advance).
Origin
Latin
ante
Gloss
before, in front of, in front, forward, preposition and prefix, beforehand, in advance
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
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Cognates and derived terms
- a.m. English
- ante English
- ante litteram English
- ante- English
- anterior English
- antroversion English
- *antaneus Latin
- *anteanus Latin
- *antius Latin
- ante Latin
- vertere Latin
- ante Italian
- ante litteram Italian
- anti- Italian
- anziano Italian
- avanti Italian
- ante Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂énti Proto-Indo-European
- perante Portuguese
- ancien Old French
- antaŭ Esperanto
- diante Galician
- perante Galician
- antes Old Portuguese
- entẽado Old Portuguese
- ancian Occitan
- ante Asturian
- antes Old Spanish
- antura Sicilian
- tannu Sicilian