‖ succinctorium
(sʌksɪŋkˈtɔərɪəm)
[late L., f. suc- = sub- + cinctorium girdle, f. cingĕre to gird.]
A band or scarf (resembling a maniple) embroidered with an Agnus Dei, worn pendant from the girdle by the Pope on certain occasions.
| 1688 Holme Armoury iii. iv. 175/2 A Bishops Vestments, or Pontifical Symbols of Ecclesiastical Regencie... Succinctorium, a kind of Girdle. |
Hence succinctory (səkˈsɪŋktərɪ), in same sense.
| 1572 R. T. Discourse 28 To glorifie, our holie father the Pope, dothe note Buechingerus and Inocentius..affirme that there are 9 special ornamentes: his hose, his shoes, or sandalles, his succynctory or girdell [etc.]. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 48 Girded with a thong of the skin of the same, in sted of a girdle or succinctorie about his loines. 1868 Walcott Sacred Archæol. 273 In lieu of a maniple, he has a succinctory. |