Definition of Paenula

1. a Roman cloak [n PAENULAS or PAENULAE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paenula

paedos
paella
paellalike
paellas
paellera
paelleras
paenula (current term)
paenulae
paenulas
paenultima law
paeon
paeonic
paeonics
paeonies
paeonine
paeons
paeony
paesan
paesani
paesano
paesanos

Literary usage of Paenula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"probability a provincial term, of p >pular use, fot the garment which in the older Latin was know'i as л paenula. St. Isidore of Seville, circ. ..."

2. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1906)
"A type which Wilpert calls the "baroque" paenula is witnessed to in ancient times only by the frescos of the catacombs; it is very long and full behind, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The paenula occurs but seldom on monuments, chiefly no doubt because its shape does not admit of an artistic arrangement of folds, but also because it is ..."

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