tunicle

[too-ni-kuhl, tyoo-]

noun

Ecclesiastical.

1. a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.

tunicle

/ ˈtjuːnɪkəl /

noun

1. RC Church the liturgical vestment worn by the subdeacon and bishops at High Mass and other religious ceremonies

Word History and Origins

Origin of tunicle¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tunicula, equivalent to tunic ( a ) tunic + -ula -ule

Word History and Origins

Origin of tunicle¹

C14: from Latin tunicula a little _tunic

Example Sentences

Dalmatic and tunicle are now, however, practically identical in shape and size; though, strictly, the latter should be somewhat smaller and with narrower arms.

From Project Gutenberg

According to the actual use of the Roman Catholic Church dalmatic and tunicle are worn by deacon and subdeacon when assisting at High Mass, and at solemn processions and benedictions.

From Project Gutenberg

England, France, Spain and Germany, dalmatic and tunicle are now no longer tunics, but scapular-like cloaks, with an opening for the head to pass through and square lappets falling from the shoulder over the upper part of the arm; in Italy, on the other hand, though open up the side, they still have regular sleeves and are essentially tunics.

From Project Gutenberg

The Bishop of London wears his stole between his alb and his tunicle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the Operation of the Cataract 216 The Dressing and Bandage of the Operation of the Cataract 217 Of purulent Matter gather'd under the Corneous Tunicle of the Eye 218 Of a Tumour that ariseth in the Eye, Ibid.

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