mi noun Ecclesiastical.
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
Origin:
1555–65; < Late Latin gremiālis growing in a cluster from a stump, equivalent to Latin grem(ium) lap, bosom + -ālis -al1
1555–65; < Late Latin gremiālis growing in a cluster from a stump, equivalent to Latin grem(ium) lap, bosom + -ālis -al1
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| —n | |
| RC Church a cloth spread upon the lap of a bishop when seated during Mass | |
| [C17: from Latin gremium lap] | |
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