epitrakhil'

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

(priest's) stole

N.P.

>I have a student working on a translation of Zoshchenko's story "Ispoved'"
>and he came upon the word "epitrakhil'."  We found a definition in Dal',
>which is:
>"odno iz oblachenii sviashchennika, nadevaemoe na sheiu, pod rizoiu."  In
>the story the priest then puts it over the woman confessing at the point
>when he says "Bog prostit."  Can anyone tell me what we might call this
>item in English? Is there an equivalent item in the vestments of a Catholic
>priest, for example, which might work also for a translation?  Any thoughts
>to mfrazier at slc.edu would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Melissa Frazier

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