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- Dictionarycincture/ˈsɪŋktʃə/
noun
- 1. a girdle or belt: literary "he put the cincture about his waist"
- 2. a ring at either end of a column shaft.
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The cincture is a rope-like or ribbon-like article sometimes worn with certain Christian liturgical vestments, encircling the body around or above the waist. As usual with vestments, both the term and the object are taken from ordinary everyday dress of the distant past. There are two types of cinctures: one is a rope-like narrow girdle or rope-like belt around the waist. The other type is a broad... Wikipedia