CINCTURE Definition & Meaning

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cincture

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noun

a belt or girdle.
something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border:
The midnight sky had a cincture of stars.
(on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, especially one at the lower end. Compare orle ( def 3b ).
the act of girding or encompassing.

verb (used with object)

cinctured, cincturing.

to gird with or as if with a cincture; encircle; encompass.

cincture

/ ˈ��ɪŋ��ʃə /

noun

something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cincture¹

< Latin ��Գ��ū��, equivalent to cinct ( us ) ( cinc-, variant stem of cingere to gird, cinch ¹ + -tus past participle suffix) + -ū�� -ure

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cincture¹

C16: from Latin ��Գ��ū��, from cingere to gird

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Supplies, too, were running low, ranging from antibiotics and painkillers to bandages, cinctures and gloves, Cherry added.

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Monsignor Charles Portelli, who was Pell’s master of ceremonies at the time of the offending, demonstrated to jurors how the cincture was tied around the waist.

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Over his regular clothes, Pell would wear a full-length white robe called an alb that was tied around his waist with a rope-like cincture.

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For the ceremony, the Pope wore the bloodstained cincture that Romero had been wearing when he was killed.

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Then she applied the antiseptic dressing, and bound the lint tightly down with a cincture about the animal.

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