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paramentnoun
A type of elaborate robe especially as worn by someone in power or a religious official.
paramentnoun
A liturgical hanging on and around the altar, as well as the cloth hanging from the pulpit and lectern.
paramentnoun
A hanging or ornament of a room of state.
Etymology: From parement, parement, from paramentum, from parare + mensam.
Wikipedia
Parament
Paraments or parements (from Late Latin paramentum, adornment, parare, to prepare, equip) are both the hangings or ornaments of a room of state, and the ecclesiastical vestments. Paraments include the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, such as altar cloths, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, and in the ecclesiastical vestments category they include humeral veils and mitres. In most Christian churches using paraments (including Roman Catholic and a wide variety of Protestant denominations), the liturgical paraments change in color depending on the season of the church year. Advent - purple (or in some traditions, blue) Christmas - white Lent - purple Easter - white Pentecost, Good Friday and the feasts of martyrs - red Ordinary time - green All Souls' Day, Requiem Masses - black (optionally purple)
Webster Dictionary
Paramentnoun
ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural
Etymology: [Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare, L. parare.]
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Parament
A Parament or Parement;, a term applied by ancient writers to the hangings or ornaments of a room of state. Later it has referred to the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, as well as the ecclesiastical vestments and mitres. In many usages, it is synonymous with altar cloth.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of parament in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of parament in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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