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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chimere

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

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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 lawn sleeves now sewn on the chimere properly are part of the rochet, and formerly were much less full than now worn.

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

The insignia of the Anglican bishop are the rochet and the chimere, and the episcopal throne on the gospel side of the chancel of the cathedral church.

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

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

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

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