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What (who) is lorica - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lorica (disambiguation)
Lorica
·noun Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
II. Lorica ·noun The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
III. Lorica ·noun A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
lorica
[l?'r??k?]
¦ noun (plural loricae -ki: or loricas) Zoology the rigid case or shell of some rotifers and protozoans.
Derivatives
loricate adjective
Origin
L., lit. 'breastplate'.
Lorica squamata
SCALE ARMOUR USED BY THE MILITARY OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND AT LATER PERIODS, MADE FROM SMALL METAL SCALES SEWN TO A FABRIC BACKING
Lorica Squamata; Locia squamata
The lorica squamata () is a type of scale armour used by the ancient Roman military during the Roman Republic and at later periods. It was made from small metal scales sewn to a fabric backing.
Wikipedia
Lorica
Lorica (Latin pronunciation: [loːˈriːka]), a Latin word literally meaning "body armour", may refer to:
- A number of types of Ancient Roman military clothing:
- Lorica hamata, a hauberk of mail
- Lorica musculata, a folk term for a muscle cuirass
- Lorica plumata, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers
- Lorica squamata, a shirt of metal scales
- Lorica segmentata, a cuirass of metal plates
- Lorica (prayer), an invocation in the Christian monastic tradition
- Leiden Riddle, one of the Enigmata by the Anglo-Saxon poet Aldhelm
- Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named Lorica by the Romans
- Santa Cruz de Lorica, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba
- Lorica (material), a type of artificial leather
- Lorica (chiton), a genus of chiton
- Litoria lorica, a species of frog
- Lorica (biology), a structure secreted by some of the protozoans
- A basket-shaped "house" formed by choanoflagellates
- A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algae groups
Examples of use of lorica
1. Remarkably, he has had little support from the Lorica Trust, which says he was the author of his own downfall.
2. After the programme was broadcast on February 22, Father Alan resigned as chairman of the Lorica Trust, the charity he set up to run the homeless shelter and which paid him 25,500 a year.
3. "For the public to have confidence in the charity, new people should be put in charge." As well as being forced out of the Lorica Trust, Fr Sharpe has been retired from the priesthood at St Patrick‘s.
4. Paul Elgood, a Lib Dem councillor and a former member of the Lorica Trust, has been threatened with legal action after speaking out about the "appalling way" the charity was run.
5. After almost 25 years building up his homeless charity, the Lorica Trust, and having won praise from the Queen, Tony Blair and David Cameron, Fr Sharpe is in self–imposed exile in France, having resigned from both the charity and the parish.