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

Over a chimere of figured crimson velvet he wore a fine linen rochet.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter

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

From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous

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

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