Definition of "umbella" [umbella]

• In botany, an umbel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "NLM readers will be pleased to note how many traditional elements have been preserved in the liturgy there; e.g. virtually everything is sung in Latin, the altar is set up against the Holy Sepulchre so that priest and faithful together face versus Deum, and a large traditonal canopy as well as an umbella are used in the theophoric procession at the end of Mass."
• "Etymology: Italian ombrella, modification of Latin umbella, diminutive of umbra"
• "There I will have a set group of parents that know me, kids that know me and hopefully will fall under the safety umbella of the school."