adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to the scapula.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scapulary
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scapular
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskapjʊlə/
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General-American: /ˈskæpjəlɚ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 3
One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scapulary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or near the shoulder blade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 7
a feather covering the shoulder of a bird
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: feather, plume, plumage
noun
Meaning 8
garment consisting of a long wide piece of woolen cloth worn over the shoulders with an opening for the head; part of a monastic habit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scapulary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
History
Etymology
From Latin scapulārīs, from scapula + -āris (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, scapula + -ar.
From Middle English scapelar, from Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: escapular — of or pertaining to the scapula
- French: scapulaire — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Galician: escapular — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Irish: scaballach — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Latin: scapularus — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Scottish Gaelic: slinneanach — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Spanish: escapular — of or pertaining to the scapula
- Catalan: escapulari — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Czech: škapulíř — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Finnish: skapulaari — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- French: scapulaire — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Galician: escapulario — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Indonesian: skapulir — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Irish: scaball — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Italian: scapolare — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Latin: scapulare — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Old Church Slavonic: аналавъ (analavŭ) — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Polish: szkaplerz — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Romanian: scapular — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Spanish: escapulario — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- Tagalog: eskapularyo — a short cloak with an embroidered image of a saint
- French: scapulaire — feather
- Bulgarian: превръзка през рамото (prevrǎzka prez ramoto) — bandage
- French: scapulaire — bandage
- Czech: škapulíř — devotional object
- French: scapulaire — devotional object
- Polish: szkaplerz — devotional object
- Spanish: escapulario — devotional object
- Ukrainian: скапулярій (skapuljarij) — devotional object
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