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infula

American  
[in-fyuh-luh] / ˈɪn fyə lə /

noun

plural

infulae
  1. one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.


Etymology

Origin of infula

1600–10; < Medieval Latin, Latin: band, priest's headband

Example Sentences

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"Cui simul infula virgineos circumdata comtus, Ex utraque pari malarum parte profusa est."

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

Or, when adorned with the infula and crosier, in all thy conventual dignity, did his image never wake within thee a longing desire to return into the world?

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

P. conico-campan. fuscous; g. free, obovate, rosy; s. slender, glabrous, colour of p. hirsute below; sp. rough, 7-9. infula, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Helvella infula, Fr., is also a large species, but is not British, although it extends to North America, as also does Helvella sulcata, Afz.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

As an ecclesiastical vestment the cap can be traced, under the name of pileus, to the 12th century; under that of infula, to the end of the 10th.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various