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Webster 1913 Edition
Gremial
Gre′mi-al
,Adj.
[L.
gremium
lap, bosom.] Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.
[R.]
Gre′mi-al
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gremial
GRE'MIAL
,Adj.