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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTEPENDIUM

From Medieval Latin, from Latin ante- + pendēre to hang.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTEPENDIUM

antependium  [ˌæntɪˈpɛndɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTEPENDIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Antependium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTEPENDIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

antependium

Antependium

An antependium, also known as a parament or hanging, or, when speaking specifically of the hanging for the altar, an altar frontal, is a decorative piece, usually of textile, but also metalwork, stone or other material that can adorn a Christian altar, lectern, pulpit, or table. Specifically, and as the etymology of the word suggests, an antependium hangs down in front of whatever it covers, and is to be distinguished from the altar linens which are used in the service of the Eucharist, and an altar cloth which covers the top of the altar table.

Definition of antependium in the English dictionary

The definition of antependium in the dictionary is a covering hung over the front of an altar.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTEPENDIUM


caladium
kəˈleɪdɪəm
clostridium
klɒˈstrɪdɪəm
compendium
kəmˈpɛndɪəm
cryptosporidium
ˌkrɪptəʊspɔːˈrɪdɪəm
disodium
daɪˈsəʊdɪəm
idiom
ˈɪdɪəm
indium
ˈɪndɪəm
intermedium
ˌɪntəˈmiːdɪəm
iridium
aɪˈrɪdɪəm
latifundium
ˌlætɪˈfʌndɪəm
medium
ˈmiːdɪəm
myocardium
ˌmaɪəʊˈkɑːdɪəm
palladium
pəˈleɪdɪəm
podium
ˈpəʊdɪəm
radium
ˈreɪdɪəm
rhodium
ˈrəʊdɪəm
scandium
ˈskændɪəm
sodium
ˈsəʊdɪəm
stadium
ˈsteɪdɪəm
vanadium
vəˈneɪdɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTEPENDIUM

antennary
antenniferous
antenniform
antennular
antennule
antenuptial
antenuptial marriage contract
anteorbital
antepast
antependia
antepenult
antepenultima
antepenultimate
anteposition
anteprandial
anterior
anteriority
anteriorly
anterograde
anterograde amnesia

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTEPENDIUM

anacardium
contrast medium
culture medium
cymbidium
cypripedium
endocardium
erodium
happy medium
interstellar medium
monosodium
odium
oncidium
pericardium
plasmodium
praeludium
presidium
primordium
rubidium
sports stadium
tedium

Synonyms and antonyms of antependium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «antependium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTEPENDIUM

Find out the translation of antependium to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of antependium from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «antependium» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桌布
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antependium
570 millions of speakers

English

antependium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

antependium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

antependium
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

antependium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antependium
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

antependium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antependium
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antigen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Antependium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

祭壇の前飾り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

antependium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Antependium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

antependium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

antependium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परस्परसंपन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antependium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paliotto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Antependium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

antependium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antependium
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

antependium
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antependium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Antependium
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Antemensalet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of antependium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEPENDIUM»

The term «antependium» is normally little used and occupies the 138.624 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTEPENDIUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «antependium» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «antependium» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about antependium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTEPENDIUM»

Discover the use of antependium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to antependium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art ...
100 The altar cloth is in a fragmentary state, as parts of each side were cut off and are now lost. Although most scholars call it an antependium,101 it is clear that the textile was an altar cloth, since the borders on each side have fragmentary ...
‎2012
2
Tapestry in the Baroque: New Aspects of Production and Patronage
Nevertheless, there are definite similarities between the palette of the Rome antependium and the colors used by Rubens for his Triumph of the Eucharist,30 designed in 1625-27, and both differ considerably from the palette normally ...
Thomas Patrick Campbell, Elizabeth A. H. Cleland, 2010
3
Index Universalis Multilingualis: Deutsch - Französisch - ...
... 10/144 antagonism between styles — Stil-Antagonismus — antagonisme des styles, 8/206 antagonisme des styles — antagonism between styles — Stil- Antagonismus, 8/206 antealtare — Antependiumantependiumantependium, ...
K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter, 2003
4
Ivories and Steatites
Their conclusion was based chiefly on the fact that three of the plaques with New Testament subjects served as models for the antependium of Salerno, which has been dated around 1o84, the year a new altar was consecrated in the cathedral ...
Kurt Weitzmann, 1972
5
The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries: Proceedings ...
he Toulouse antependium, an important example of medieval embroidery, was sent to the workshop of the Abegg Foundation for conservation in 1984 after our sponsor, Werner Abegg, saw the work on a chance visit to the Musee Paul Dupuy .
Institut royal du patrimoine artistique (Belgium), Getty Conservation Institute, 1990
6
Roger L'Estrange and the Making of Restoration Culture
L'Estrange reported that, in 1677, Miles Prance had been given a contract to make a silver antependium - a removable front cover to an altar - for the Queen's Chapel in Somerset House. L'Estrange also reported how Prance received the ...
Anne Dunan-Page, Beth Lynch, 2008
7
The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500-1200
Early on, the Majestas was often replaced by the figure of the patron saint of the particular church, in which case the side panels were devoted to scenes from his life and martyrdom (as in the antependium from Durro [cat 170]). Saints and ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1993
8
Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&A
The pediment and antependium are unusually flat and even at the back, whereas some distortion could be expected in older wood. The dark red– brown paint on these appears similar. The character of carving on these components differs ...
Christine Powell, Zoë Allen, 2010
9
Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage Under ...
were willing to make all kinds of hollow promises, privately the Reichs- marschall told Bunjes that no amount of French resistance would prevent him from restoring the antependium to the German cultural patrimony.43 Discussions over the ...
Elizabeth Karlsgodt, 2011
10
Facts and Artefacts: Art in the Islamic World : Festschrift ...
Now back to the suggestion that the Emerald might be identical with the green mirror in an antependium which Abbot Witigowo had made for the main altar in the Münster of Reichenau in the seventh year of his office (991/92). Purchart of ...
Annette Hagedorn, Avînoʿam Šālēm, 2007

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTEPENDIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term antependium is used in the context of the following news items.
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The knight-artist Lucas Garnier: the link between Caravaggio and …
After the lecture, the main altar's silver antependium – which has been restored to its original glory – was unveiled. It can be enjoyed by all ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
2
St. William pastor creates artistic altar fronts
A large white dove adorns the antependium for Pentecost and the Easter antependium features a lamb. For the Advent design, he said he used ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 14»
3
Louis C. Tiffany Works at Museum of Biblical Art
In the more abstract works like one based on an antependium — a traditional type of banner that hangs from the front of a lectern or altar — the ... «New York Times, Dec 12»
4
Where is Milwaukee's oldest sidewalk?
... vestments, torcheres, priedieux, a crucifix, a font dating as far back as the 12th century, a missal stand, a lectern and antependium. As is the ... «OnMilwaukee.com, Jul 12»
5
Colors of Cassocks and Altar Cloths
The use of a colored seasonal antependium, or frontal, is a long-standing custom in the Latin rite and may be used to enhance the awareness ... «Zenit News Agency, Feb 10»

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