humeral veil

English

Noun

humeral veil (plural humeral veils)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for humeral veil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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