Etymology

antependium

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Today it means: The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal. Full definition →

Latin ante
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromante“before”
  2. English todayantependium

From Latin ante (“before”) + pendere (“to hang”).

Words from the same roots

Latinante all →

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