monialとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

monial (plural monials)

1. (obsolete, architecture) A mullion. [14th–19th c.]

語源 2

From Anglo-Norman monyale, Middle French monyalle, or their source, Late Latin monialis.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈməʊnɪəl/

名詞

monial (plural monials)

1. (Christianity, now rare) A nun, especially one dedicated to an enclosed order. [from 14th c.]
   • 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter VII, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 49:

     For the first time since I had glimpsed her across the crowded ballroom I understood how I could have mistaken her for a monial of the order whose habit she wore.

参照

アナグラム

• Maolin, Molina, aminol, lamino-, nomial, -nomial, oilman