suppedaneum
English
Etymology
From Late Latin suppedāneum, neuter of suppedāneus (“under the feet”), composed of sup- (“under”) + ped- (“foot”) + -aneus (“-aneous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sʌpɪˈdeɪnɪəm/
Noun
suppedaneum (plural suppedanea)
- 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)
- the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands