Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PECTO-RAL
PECTO-RAL, n.
- A breastplate. – Encyc. Johnson.
- A sacerdotal habit or vestment worn by the Jewish high priest, called in our version of the Bible, a breastplate. – Encyc.
- A medicine adopted to cure or relieve complaints of the breast and lungs.
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