Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Umtragefigur

English translation:

processional icon

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Sep 29, 2004 14:08
19 yrs ago
German term

Umtragefigur

German to English Social Sciences Folklore
Eine Figur/Statue, die bei kirchlichen Prozessionen mitgetragen wird.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 religious procession icon
4 relic
Change log

Dec 6, 2005 02:31: Kim Metzger changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences"

Proposed translations

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religious procession icon

This one's from my home town of Zapopan, near Guadalajara.

The Virgin of Zapopan, "La Zapopanita"
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jking/jkvirginvisit.ht...

Her venerable image in the presence of all Ekaterinburg clergy and Orthdox believers was brought into the cloister with the religious procession.

http://www.sestry.ru/eng/content/bip/03/037

religious procession icon
http://www.dullaert.com/
Peer comment(s):

agree Herbert2
50 mins
agree Kathinka van de Griendt
58 mins
agree Tamara Ferencak
2 hrs
agree Gisela Greenlee : or processional icon
4 hrs
agree Mario Marcolin
7 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks!"
4 mins

relic

Declined
It's a relic (eine Reliquie), isn't it?
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Comment: "according to "cambridge" a relic is part of the body or something that belonged to a holy person. a "umtragefigure" is a statue. "
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