antependium

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Noun
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an=te=pen=di=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

antependiumn. [LL., fr. L. ante + pendere to hang.].
     The hangings or screen in front of the altar; an altar cloth; the frontal.  Smollett.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antependium, n. (pl. antependia) a veil or hanging for the front of an altar.

Etymology
med.L (as ANTE-, pendere hang)

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