noun
abanēt
abanēt ? (indeclinable)
Classical[ˈa.ba.neːt]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.ba.net]
Meaning
- Judaismindeclinableabnet
386–400 CE, Saint Jerome, Epistulae 64.12 in Patrologia Latina (volume 22), Jacques-Paul Migne (editor), Paris 1845, column 614
The third kind of clothing, which they call “abnet”, we can call girdle, belt or zone.Abanēt cingulum sacerdōtāle rotundum, polymitā arte ex coccō, purpurā, iacinthōque contextum, ita ut flōrēs atque gemmae in eō esse vidērentur distīnctae.
The abnet is a round priestly belt, woven with intricate skill out of scarlet, purple and cornflower thread, so that flowers and gems can be seen adorned on it.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 19.21.2
Origins
From Biblical Hebrew אַבְנֵט (ʾaḇnēṭ).