scapularies
- plural of scapulary.
Example Sentences
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Pieces of paper, alone or attached to cowboy hats, crosses and even scapularies, were tossed onto the stage, with song titles and dedications written out in shaky longhand.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
“That’s it, eight indulgences and a hundred fifteen years more and a few months over,” answered the man, from whose neck hung soiled scapularies and rosaries.
From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.
Yet another instance from St. Mary’s shews us two foxes in scapularies reading from a book placed on an eagle-lectern.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
Description.—Above and below deep black: whole of back except the rump and scapularies chestnut; bill and feet black; under wing-coverts and wings below black: whole length 5·0 inches, wing 2·8, tail 1·9.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
At the front are seated two apes, also in scapularies, or hoods, who, as well as the Fox, may be here to shew the real character of the supposed sanctified.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
