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pectoral
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Definition:1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest;2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs;Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)---1. A covering or protecting for the breast.2. (Eccl.)(a) A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.(b) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.3. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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A wooden pectoral cross hung around his neck,
Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.145 (2005)
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And on Mme. de Cambremer’s bosom a baronial torse, fastened to a chain, dangled like a pectoral cross.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 4]
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at the slightest cold their father stuffed them with pectorals; and until they were turned four they all, without pity, had to wear wadded head-protectors.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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