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dos•sal
(dos′əl),USA pronunciation n.
- ReligionAlso, dorsal. an ornamental hanging placed at the back of an altar or at the sides of the chancel.
- [Archaic.]dosser1 (def. 2).
- Medieval Latin dossale, for Latin dorsale, neuter of dorsālis, equivalent. to dors(um) back + -ālis -al1
- 1650–60
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