Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Rom, antiq., a flock of white and red wool, drawn into the form of a wreath or fillet, worn on the head on solemn occasions, as by priests and vestals, and bound to the head of sacrificial victims.
- noun Eccles.: In the ancient church, a head-covering of Christian priests or bishops.
- noun In medieval times, a chasuble.
- noun One of the two lappets of a miter. Formerly called
fanon . - noun In heraldry:
- noun A cap or head-dress used as a bearing. Many different forms have been used.
- noun One of the ribbons of a miter or of the electoral crown, generally represented as fringed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sort of fillet worn by dignitaries, priests, and others among the ancient Romans. It was generally white.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fillet of white wool, worn on the head by ancient Roman priests - noun A head covering worn by early Christian priests
- noun A
ribbon on a bishop's mitre
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Examples
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The hair was blonde, and bound by a fillet (_infula_) woven of gold.
Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888
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Et falis Aufonii luflrandum navibus sequor, tnfemique lacus, JEsexqxie infula Circse,
P. Virgilii Maronis opera: emendabat et notulis illustr. G. Wakefield Virgil, Publius Vergilius Maro 1796
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Sicanio praetenta finu, jacet infula contra Plenmiyrium undofum: nomen dixere priores Ortygiam.
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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Creta Jovis magni medio jaoet infula pontoj Mon/Idseus ubi, et gentis cunabula noffa».
P. Virgilii Maronis Opera Virgil, Gilbert Wakefield 1796
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L 1 $68 - 4 - OcCi eandcm poftea adiecit Tfiram» fffronoiii orfiif j ius in calce reperitur, hoc titulo: Dt T Drvidam infula, antlquitaii fttat rtjfiitila, 1 bitit et truditi viri humfredi ls inptt.
Bibliotheca historica. A.I.G. Meuselio ita digesta ut pæne novum opus videri possit 1794
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Quamvis enim tot facras aedes illic habeas, univcrfaque infula tibl devou fit; at apud Glyceram quoqiie dominarts; novamque poflidebis aBdem, quam magnacura, fammo fludio exornavit, & tibi paravit.
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793
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Canum tam fda cuft6dia, tamque amans dominorutn adulaiio» '- •sfbo infula oriundi» de quiqus poftea bpjut Ub. I.
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793
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Pr.I. p. 19.vid. fitis locis. iciline et adiacenttum infula - vrbei, quarum aliquas cxhi -
Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... 1790
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Ceus infula, Κέούζ j in qua Car - thaea, umim e quatuor oppidis.
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Hahitat in infula Rotterdam oceani atijiralis, fencjiratat proxime affinis. flavicollis.
mollusque commented on the word infula
He was, in turn, followed by the neophyte, or medium, and six acolytes in white, who all looked like Bing Crosby, but with infulas . . .
--Umberto Eco, 1988, Foucault's Pendulum, p. 166
October 1, 2008