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umeralis (hum-) [CL as sb. n., LL as adj.] 1 of or for the shoulders. s1162 fasciam pectoralem et humeralem suscipiendam W. Fitzst. Thom. 25; a vena ‥ humerali, dum per cubitum transit, rami quidam subtiles separantur Ps.-Ric. Anat. 44; c1410 pro extraccione armorum violenta vel impulsione humerali aut percussione cum pugno, iiij solidis StatOx 205; 1501 iiij manutergia humeralia ‥ j manutergium humerale de dyaper Cant. Coll. Ox. 32. 2 (as sb. n. or m.) item worn on or round the shoulders. b (spec., eccl.) vestment worn round the shoulders, humeral veil. securim super humeralem quam gestabat levavit ut Georgium feriret Mir. Wulfst. II 16 p. 169; hoc humerale, espauler Teaching Latin II 55; humeralis, A. a spanbelere [l. spaudelere] WW.  b superumerale strictum erat balteo ut in sequentibus ubi pontifex induebatur apertius indicatur, et desuper ~e Bede Tab. 474A; 1245 casula ‥ est de rubeo sameto plano cum lato humerali ad modum crucis Invent. S. Paul. 482; jus humerale notat Garl. Myst. Eccl. 427; 1295 vestimentum ‥ habet ‥ ~e cum quatuor ymaginibus sine stola et manipulis Vis. S. Paul. 319; fert humerale decens Gower VC III 1799.

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