vestment

Noun
  1. is a type of: gown, robe - outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
    subtypes:
    • alb - a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests
    • cassock - a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers
    • chasuble - a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
    • humeral veil, veil - a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl
    • pallium - (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back
    • pontifical - the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)
    • surplice - a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide sleeves
    has: orphrey - a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment

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