Definition of: scapular

(skap′yə·lər) noun
1. An outer garment worn by members of certain religious orders and consisting of two strips of cloth hanging down front and back and joined across the shoulders; formerly, a monastic working dress.
2. Two small rectangular pieces of woolen cloth connected by strings: worn as a badge of membership by certain religious orders.
3. Surg. A bandage passing over the shoulder blade.
4. Ornithol. The shoulder feathers of a bird lying along the sides of the back.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the scapula or scapulars. Also scap′u·lar′y (-ler′ē). [<Med. L scapulare <LL scapula. See SCAPULA.]