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gremial

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin gremiālis.

Adjective

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gremial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the lap.

Noun

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gremial (plural gremials)

  1. A decorated cloth placed on a bishop's lap whilst celebrating mass or ordaining priests.
  2. (obsolete) A bosom friend.
    • 1840, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge:
      These Friars living in these convents were capable of degrees, and kept their Acts, as other University-men. Yet were they gremials and not gremials, who sometimes would so stand on the tiptoes of their privileges, that they endeavoured to be higher than other students: so that oftentimes they and the scholars could not set their horses in one stable, or rather their books on one shelf.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin gremiālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gremial m or f (masculine and feminine plural gremials)

  1. (relational) corporation, guild, or professional association
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Noun

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gremial m (plural gremials)

  1. gremial (vestment)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From gremio +‎ -al.

Adjective

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gremial m or f (masculine and feminine plural gremiales)

  1. (relational) labor union

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