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antimension

[ ahn-dee-meen-see-awn; English an-ti-men-see-on ]

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.
plural antimensia
  1. a consecrated linen or silk cloth, kept on an altar, to which is sewn a linen or silk bag containing relics of saints.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of antimension1

From Medieval Latin ԳپŧԲܳ, from Medieval Greek antimínsion, antimḗsion, equivalent to Greek anti- “against, opposite of” + Latin ŧԲ() “table” + Greek -ion noun suffix; anti-

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