First Known Use: 15th century
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1scapular
noun scap·u·lar \-lər\
Definition of SCAPULAR
1
a : a long wide band of cloth with an opening for the head worn front and back over the shoulders as part of a monastic habit b : a pair of small cloth squares joined by shoulder tapes and worn under the clothing on the breast and back as a sacramental and often also as a badge of a third order or confraternity
2
a : scapula b : one of the feathers covering the base of a bird's wing — see bird illustration
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Origin of SCAPULAR
Middle English scapulare, from Late Latin, from Latin scapula shoulder
2scapular
adjective
Definition of SCAPULAR
Origin of SCAPULAR
New Latin scapularis, from scapula
First Known Use: 1713
Rhymes with SCAPULAR
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scapular
adjective scap·u·lar \ˈskap-yə-lər\
Medical Definition of SCAPULAR
: of, relating to, or affecting the shoulder or scapula <a scapular fracture>
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