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Meaning of GREMIAL

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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  1. \Gre"mi*al\, a. [L. gremium lap, bosom.]
    Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [R.]
    
  2. \Gre"mi*al\, n.
    1. A bosom friend. [Obs.] --Fuller.
    2. (Ecol.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace,
       placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating
       mass, or in ordaining priests.
    
 



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