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scapulary

[ skap-yuh-ler-ee ]

adjective



noun

plural scapularies.
  1. Surgery. a shoulder dressing that keeps the shoulder or another bandage in place.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scapulary1

1175–1225; Middle English scapelori, scapelry < Medieval Latin scapulÅrium, scapulÄrium, assimilated to -ary. See scapula, -ary
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Example Sentences

Pieces of paper, alone or attached to cowboy hats, crosses and even scapularies, were tossed onto the stage, with song titles and dedications written out in shaky longhand.

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He received payment in advance from the king, and divided with the old man, by whom he was given a sanctified coal, a taper, a cross, and a scapulary, together with advice how to act.

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At the front are seated two apes, also in scapularies, or hoods, who, as well as the Fox, may be here to shew the real character of the supposed sanctified.

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Crosses and scapularies are still worn for the purpose of affecting the inevitable march of events.

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Death, grotesquely crowned with flags, seizes the poor Abbess by her scapulary.

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