Pectoral

pek′tō-ral, adj. relating to the breast or chest.— n. armour for the breast: an ornament worn on the breast, esp. the breastplate worn by the ancient Jewish high-priest, and the square of gold, embroidery, . formerly worn on the breast over the chasuble by bishops during ma : a pectoral cro : a pectoral fin: a medicine for the chest.— adv. Pec′to rally .— n. Pectoril′oquy , the sound of the patient's voice heard through the stethoscope when applied to the chest in certain morbid conditions of the lungs.— Pectoral fins , the anterior paired fins of fishes; Pectoral theology , a name sometimes applied to the theology of those Christians who make much of experience and emotion, as themselves guides to a knowledge of divine truth—in Neander's phrase, 'Pectus est quod facit theologum.' [Fr.,—L. pectoral is — pectus , pectoris , the breast.]