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

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 chimere is a dress of black satin, with white lawn sleeves.

From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)

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

The chimere was, moreover, a cold weather garment.

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