tunicle

American  

[too-ni-kuhl, tyoo-] / ˈtu nɪ kəl, ˈtyu- /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

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

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tunicle British  

/ ˈtjuːnɪkəl /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tunicle

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes the vestments for the celebrant, the gospeller, and the epistoler, were called "priest, deacon, and subdeacon," instead of chasuble, dalmatic, and tunicle.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by Worley, George

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 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

The deacon’s dalmatic was much longer than it is now, and the subdeacon’s tunicle resembled the alb.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

The colours of the cope and tunicle were red and green, the exterior of the cope and the tunicle being of one colour, the interior of the cope of the other.

From Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various