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

By a late abuse the sleeves of the rochet were, from motives of convenience, sometimes attached to the chimere.

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

The chimere was, moreover, a cold weather garment.

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

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

After this the new bishop, who has so far been vested only in a rochet, retires and puts on the rest of the episcopal habit, viz. the chimere.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various