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Meaning of suppedaneum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/sʌpɪˈdeɪnɪəm/

Definitions

a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross
the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands

Examples

“2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. — Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

suppeditation supper supper club supper hour supper time supper-hour