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Cingulum

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Cingulum, from the Latin for belt or girdle, may refer to:

  • Cingulum (brain), white matter fibers found in the brain
  • Cingulum (tooth), a shelf at the margin of a tooth
  • A type of groove encircling the theca of dinoflagellates
  • Cingulum (Christianity), a girdle used by religious brothers, monks, and clergy in Christianity (particularly those of the Catholic and Evangelical-Lutheran denominations)
  • Cingulum (Wicca), a ritual cord used in British traditional Wicca
  • Cingulum militare, Ancient Roman belts decorated with metal fittings worn as a badge of rank by soldiers and officials
  • Ancient Roman town on the site of what is now the Italian town of Cingoli.
  • Shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle