chimere

American  

[chi-meer, shi-] / tʃɪˈmɪər, ʃɪ- /

Also chimar,

noun

1. a loose upper robe, especially of a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached.

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chimere British  

/ ˈtʃɪmə, ˈʃɪm-, tʃɪˈmɪə, ʃɪ- /

noun

1. Anglican Church a sleeveless red or black gown, part of a bishop's formal dress though not a vestment

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Etymology

Origin of chimere

1325–75; Middle English chemer, chymere < Anglo-Latin chimēra, special use of chimera

Example Sentences

Dr. Stires, who entered the church wearing cassock and rochet, had stood humbly before the carved reredos while his attending presbyters garbed him in a chimere.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Anglican form for the consecration of bishops the newly consecrated prelate, hitherto vested in rochet, is directed to put on “the rest of the episcopal habit,” i.e. the chimere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

In his scarlet chimere and white rochet, with his bullet head and bristling beard, it was as though a shell had fallen into the room.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

The chimere was, moreover, a cold weather garment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

Besides these we have the Episcopal Vestments, called the chimere and the rochet.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous