a belt, girdle, or band worn around the waist or used to encircle something.
From Latin cinctura (a girdle), derived from cingere (to gird), referring to any band or belt that goes around something.
In religious contexts, cinctures are the knotted cords worn by monks and priests—those knots sometimes have symbolic meanings, with the number of knots representing vows or virtues.
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