An outer garment worn by the ancient Greeks over the left shoulder and under the right.
（古希腊人穿的从左肩披到右肩下的）大长袍
Example sentencesExamples
MacDonald seems to find significance in the use of the Greek himation, but that word is used over 60 times in the NT, and not just in Mark or the Gospels.
I clutched my himation close to my face as the sea wind blew and pushed the ships away from shore.
I was wrapped thickly in a black himation and I was sick with grief.
I pulled on a chiton and wrapped a himation around me since the day was cool.
She is dressed in nothing more than a chiton, unlike Juno, who wears a himation over hers.
I was still dressed in my peplos and himation but they were soiled.
Here the goddess wears her high-crested helmet, and a himation replaces her aegis over the peplos.
She was taking off her himation so that she could rewrap it around her head once more.
Her himation slips down; his wings cover her breasts, her body.
Her arms were scraped and her himation had torn off and her peplos was tearing.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
Her himation is pulled up over her head, and covers much of her peplos, which is decorated with a dotted lozenge.
He wears a golden himation and bears a plain halo, to the right of which the gold, Greek capital letters ‘XC’ are visible.
Hades was dressed in some sort of long black himation while his wife wore a white chiton.
Leaving Calandra in the hands of Xan, I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
Origin
Greek.
Rhymes
Montserratian
Definition of himation in US English:
himation
nounhəˈmadēən
An outer garment worn by the ancient Greeks over the left shoulder and under the right.
（古希腊人穿的从左肩披到右肩下的）大长袍
Example sentencesExamples
I clutched my himation close to my face as the sea wind blew and pushed the ships away from shore.
He wears a golden himation and bears a plain halo, to the right of which the gold, Greek capital letters ‘XC’ are visible.
I pulled on a chiton and wrapped a himation around me since the day was cool.
I was wrapped thickly in a black himation and I was sick with grief.
Her himation is pulled up over her head, and covers much of her peplos, which is decorated with a dotted lozenge.
Here the goddess wears her high-crested helmet, and a himation replaces her aegis over the peplos.
Her arms were scraped and her himation had torn off and her peplos was tearing.
Hades was dressed in some sort of long black himation while his wife wore a white chiton.
She is dressed in nothing more than a chiton, unlike Juno, who wears a himation over hers.
I dried myself the best I could and was hesitant to wrap myself in the peplos and then the himation and finally the veil.
Leaving Calandra in the hands of Xan, I wrapped a himation around myself and dressed in a peplos.
She was taking off her himation so that she could rewrap it around her head once more.
I was still dressed in my peplos and himation but they were soiled.
Her himation slips down; his wings cover her breasts, her body.
MacDonald seems to find significance in the use of the Greek himation, but that word is used over 60 times in the NT, and not just in Mark or the Gospels.