canonicals
/ (kəˈnɒnɪkəlz) /
the vestments worn by clergy when officiating
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How to use canonicals in a sentence
Before I could determine what to do, a clergyman made his appearance in full canonicals from the vestry door, followed by a clerk.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes | VariousI trembled for the excellent man in full canonicals—I even trembled for the clerk.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes | VariousHe was fond of lords and great ladies, and levees, and canonicals, and of having the verger to walk before him.
The Town | Leigh HuntFrequently the clergyman would be standing upon an old cask, arrayed in full canonicals, as a divine of the Church of England.
Redburn. His First Voyage | Herman MelvilleThe clergyman entered in his canonicals, and we walked in a little procession into another room, where the coffin was placed.
Passages From the English Notebooks, Volume 1 | Nathaniel Hawthorne
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