canonicals
Britishplural noun
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They sat down in, armchairs facing the altar and their vice-chairman and secretary, the only ones present wearing canonicals, Bishop Charles Palmerston Anderson of Chicago and the Rev. Charles Laban Pardee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Originator of the plan was Kent School's high-church headmaster, Father Frederick Herbert Sill, who coaches crew in his white cassock and sometimes, in black canonicals, substitutes as coxswain.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took pains to return our visit the next day, but came to our bohio in full canonicals.
From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward
“Did you find lots of eggs this afternoon, Haviland?” said the master, who was still in his canonicals and square cap.
From Haviland's Chum by Mitford, Bertram
He was an intimate friend of Archbishop Cobbe, and there is a picture of him in canonicals at Newbridge, co.
From Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Bell, George
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