scapulary

American  

[skap-yuh-ler-ee] / ˈskæp yəˌlɛr i /

adjective

1. scapular.

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noun

plural

scapularies

1. Surgery. a shoulder dressing that keeps the shoulder or another bandage in place.

Etymology

Origin of scapulary

1175–1225; Middle English scapelori, scapelry < Medieval Latin scapulōrium, scapulārium, assimilated to -ary. See scapula, -ary

Example Sentences

Their dress was white woollen, with a black veil; but afterwards they adopted as their distinctive badge a large scarlet cross on their white scapulary, as the symbol of the “Institute of the Holy Sacrament.”

From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Another on the devotion of the scapulary, and its wonderful effects, written against De Launoi, and for which the order of the Carmes, when he died, bestowed a solemn service and obsequies on him.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac

Since the monks are forbidden to be out a-gadding, the cowl and scapulary might have found some hindrance over the moors from Kirkstall.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

She was also ordered to take a draught with a dram of æther twice a day, and to have scapulary issues.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

He was dressed in the white robe of a Cistercian, with the black scapulary of the order.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank