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Balteus
Balteus ia a Latin word, possibly itself from Etruscan, which means "belt", a word derived from it. It has particularly been used a a term for:The girdle of a Biblical Jewish priest, three or four fingers in breadth and (according to rabbinic tradition) thirty-two ells long; it had to be embroidered after the same pattern and to be of the same colour as the curtain of the forecourt and the tabernacle of the covenant . a sword belt worn by the Roman legionarythe Sub-cinctorium, a papal garment
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balteus
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belt; shoulder-band/baldric; woman's girdle; band around neck/breast of horse


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