The Collaborative International Dictionary
Humeral \Hu"mer*al\, a. [L. humerus the shoulder: cf. F. hum['e]ral.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the humerus, or upper part of the arm; brachial.
Humeral veil (R. C. Ch.), a long, narrow veil or scarf of the same material as the vestments, worn round the shoulders by the officiating priest or his attendant at Mass, and used to protect the sacred vessels from contact with the hands.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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a. Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder
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Usage examples of "humeral".
He liked the ecclesiastical linen, the humeral and the alb, to be immoderately starched, a chore attended to by a certain Mrs.
He longed for the minor sacred offices, to be vested with the tunicle of subdeacon at high mass, to stand aloof from the altar, forgotten by the people, his shoulders covered with a humeral veil, holding the paten within its folds or, when the sacrifice had been accomplished, to stand as deacon in a dalmatic of cloth of gold on the step below the celebrant, his hands joined and his face towards the people, and sing the chant Ite missa est.