Complete Definition of "suppedaneum"

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Pronunciation
IPA|/s�pɪ'deɪnɪ�m/

Noun
en-noun|suppedane|a

  1. a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross

#*2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. � Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)

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