Cingulum

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 (Catholicism), a rope belt used by monastic order such as the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
  • 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
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