Meaning of abanet | Babel Free

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1. abnet
   Judaism, indeclinable
2. Equivalent to 'abnet': The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.

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“386–400 CE, Saint Jerome, Epistulae 64.12 in Patrologia Latina (volume 22), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1845, column 614”

The third kind of clothing, which they call “abnet”, we can call girdle, belt or zone.

“Abanēt cingulum sacerdōtāle rotundum, polymitā arte ex coccō, purpurā, iacinthōque contextum, ita ut flōrēs atque gemmae in eō esse vidērentur distīnctae.”

The abnet is a round priestly belt, woven with intricate skill out of scarlet, purple and cornflower thread, so that flowers and gems can be seen adorned on it.

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