antependium
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
antependium (plural antependiums or antependia)
- (ecclesiastical) The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.
- Synonym: forecloth
Translations edit
the hangings in front of the altar
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References edit
- “antependium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin antependium.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
antependium n (plural antependia)
- (Christianity) antependium, frontal; the drapery hangings before an altar or lectern in a church
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism, ultimately from Latin antependium.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɑntependium/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪e̞ˌpe̞ndium]
- Rhymes: -endium
- Syllabification(key): an‧te‧pen‧di‧um
Noun edit
antependium (rare)
- Synonym of alttarivaate (“antependium”).
Declension edit
Inflection of antependium (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | antependium | antependiumit | ||
genitive | antependiumin | antependiumien | ||
partitive | antependiumia | antependiumeja | ||
illative | antependiumiin | antependiumeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | antependium | antependiumit | ||
accusative | nom. | antependium | antependiumit | |
gen. | antependiumin | |||
genitive | antependiumin | antependiumien | ||
partitive | antependiumia | antependiumeja | ||
inessive | antependiumissa | antependiumeissa | ||
elative | antependiumista | antependiumeista | ||
illative | antependiumiin | antependiumeihin | ||
adessive | antependiumilla | antependiumeilla | ||
ablative | antependiumilta | antependiumeilta | ||
allative | antependiumille | antependiumeille | ||
essive | antependiumina | antependiumeina | ||
translative | antependiumiksi | antependiumeiksi | ||
abessive | antependiumitta | antependiumeitta | ||
instructive | — | antependiumein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ante (“before”) + pendeō (“hang”) + -ium.
Noun edit
antependium n (genitive antependiī or antependī); second declension
- antependium, altar frontal
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | antependium | antependia |
Genitive | antependiī antependī1 |
antependiōrum |
Dative | antependiō | antependiīs |
Accusative | antependium | antependia |
Ablative | antependiō | antependiīs |
Vocative | antependium | antependia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- antependium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependier, definite plural antependia or antependiene)
- (ecclesiastical) antependium
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
antependium n (definite singular antependiet, indefinite plural antependium, definite plural antependia)
- (ecclesiastical) antependium
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ante + Latin pendere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
antependium n
- (ecclesiastical) Alternative form of antepedium
Declension edit
Declension of antependium
singular | plural | |
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nominative | antependium | antependia |
genitive | antependium | antependiów |
dative | antependium | antependiom |
accusative | antependium | antependia |
instrumental | antependium | antependiami |
locative | antependium | antependiach |
vocative | antependium | antependia |
Further reading edit
- antependium in Polish dictionaries at PWN