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Cloth, Lap
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
(Latin: gremium, lap)
A silken apron, trimmed with silk embroidery, of the color of the day laid upon the bishop's lap when he sits during a pontifical Mass. A linen gremial is used when conferring sacred orders.
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Entry for 'Cloth, Lap'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/cloth-lap.html. 1910.