The cross which bishops of the Church of Rome suspend over their breast.
“Crucem cum pretioso ligno vel cum reliquis Sanctorum ante pectus portare suspensum ad collum, hoc est quod vocant encolpium [or crux Pectorālis].”—See Ducange, vol. iii. p. 302, col. 2, article Encolpium.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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