Gre"mi*al (?), a. [L. gremium lap, bosom.]
Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.
[R.]
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Gre"mi*al, n.
1.
A bosom friend.
[Obs.]
Fuller.
2. Ecol.
A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests.
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