Stole vs Stope - What's the difference?
stole | stope |
(steal)
An ecclesiastical garment.
* Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole', the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The '''stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdiction in the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority. ''Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, page 318,
(mining) To excavate in the form of stopes.
(mining) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
As verbs the difference between stole and stope
is that stole is simple past of steal while stope is to excavate in the form of stopes.As nouns the difference between stole and stope
is that stole is an ecclesiastical garment while stope is a mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.stole
English
Etymology 1
From the verb to steal .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
(etyl) stole, (etyl) stola, (etyl) , from "to set", "place", "equip", "send", akin to English stall.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
(etyl) stolo, (-onis).References
* *Anagrams
* * ----stope
English
Noun
(en noun)- The other smell that worked its way into your clothes, your skin, your spirit, believed here to rise by way of long-deserted drifts and stopes , from the everyday atmosphere of Hell itself.
