Definitions for scapular

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scapular scap·u·lar

Spelling: [skap-yuh-ler]

IPA: /ˈskæp yə lər/

Scapular is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 289 anagrams from letters in scapular (aaclprsu).

Definitions for scapular

noun

1. Ecclesiastical. a loose, sleeveless monastic garment, hanging from the shoulders.
2. two small pieces of woolen cloth, joined by strings passing over the shoulders, worn under the ordinary clothing as a badge of affiliation with a religious order, a token of devotion, etc.
3. Anatomy, Zoology. scapula.
4. Ornithology. one of the scapular feathers.

adjective

1. of or relating to the shoulders or the scapula or scapulae.

Origin of scapular

From the New Latin word scapulāris, dating back to 1680-90. See scapula, -ar¹

Examples for scapular

He hated the crucifix, he hated the scapular, he hated the priests.

It was you, then, who took the scapular from me at the embassy?

But for the last two years, for more than two years, she has not worn her scapular.

All are pustulate above; in most specimens the pustules form no pattern, but in some they tend to form a V in the scapular region.

Other Sisters wear a scapular with shoulder-straps, over a white cape.

The various permutations of the X-shaped scapular mark and dark sacral marks differ proportionately in different samples.

There exists, therefore, in an independent form, the scapular portion only.

The dorsal pattern varies from nearly complete longitudinal lines to broken lines, fused into an X-shaped scapular mark or not.

Dorsum irregularly pustulate; in some specimens the pustules tend to form a V in the scapular region.

Thus the clavicular arch is placed in front of the scapular arch.