† ˈparafront Obs.
Also 7 paraphront.
[f. Gr. παρα- beside, alongside of + front.]
A hanging for an altar, apparently a dossal.
| 1641 Comm. of Accommod. in Neal Hist. Purit. (1733) II. 462 Advancing Crucifixes and Images upon the Parafront or Altar-cloth. a 1670 Hacket in Plume Life (1865) 129 The most curious piece that I have ever seen of purple velvet flowered with gold and silk, to be placed in the parafront above the cushion. a 1670 ― Abp. Williams ii. (1692) 107 That religion might have a dialect proper to itself, as Paten, Chalice, Corporal, Albe, Paraphront, Suffront, for the hangings above and beneath the table. |