Latin

Noun

1. A coat of mail.

• A number of types of Roman armour:
  • Lorica hamata, a hauberk of mail
  • Lorica manica, armguard
  • Lorica musculata, a cuirass
  • Lorica plumata, a shirt of ribbed scales resembling feathers
  • Lorica squamata, a shirt of metal scales
  • Lorica segmentata, a cuirass of metal plates
• A religious incantation
• Loriga, Serra da Estrela in central Portugal, originally named Lorica by the Romans
• A basket-shaped "house" formed by choanoflagellates
• A protective covering surrounding flagellated cells of some algae groups
• Alorica, a telecommunications company of call centers, sometimes verbally abbreviated to 'Lorica
• Santa Cruz de Lorica, a small Colombian town in the province of Córdoba
• A type of artificial leather promoted by Sidi, an Italian bicycle shoe maker.
• Lorica, a genus of chiton