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Antimision
Adler number: alpha,2685
Translated headword: antimision, antiminsion
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Among Romans [this means] a table situated in front of the lawcourt.
Greek Original:Antimision: para Rhômaiois trapeza pro tou dikastêriou keimenê.
Notes:
Same entry, according to Adler, in the unpublished Lexicon Romanum codicis Barocciani 50.
Antimision or antiminsion, from Latin mensa, in liturgical use designated a portable altar or a cloth containing relics which substituted for a portable altar. Eventually it was considered necessary for celebration of the liturgy even on a permanent consecrated altar. See Lampe s.v.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; law; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 8 November 2000@15:41:45.
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