Rebracchiatoria. The whole passage is somewhat obscure, and the various synonyms do not help us much in the elucidation of it. ᾽Ανάλαβοι is given in Petschenig’s text, but ἀναβολάι has some ms. authority. ᾽Αναβολέυς is the word used by Sozomen, who also mentions this cord. “Their girdle also and cord, the former girding the loins, the latter going round the shoulders and arms, admonish them that they ought always to be ready for the service of God and their work.”
Editorial footnote · The Twelve Books, Chapter V.; original source section: Chapter 5; original book/conference: Book I., editorial note cite_note-1 · Original source