in astronomy, an Arabic word denoting circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or a star, parallel to the horizon, being the same as parallels of altitude. See Parallels of Altitude.

ALMUCIUM, denotes a kind of cover for the head, worn chiefly by monks and ecclesiastics: It was of a square form, and seems to have given rise to the bonnets of the same shape, still retained in universities and cathedrals.