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superˈtunic Antiq.
Also in L. form.
[ad. med.L. supertunica: see super- 3 and tunic n.]
An outer tunic; spec. the vestment worn above the dalmatic (or tunicle) by a sovereign at his coronation.
1625–6Coronation Chas. I (1892) 36 The Deane of Westminster goeth on araying y⊇ King. i. With y⊇ Supertunica, or close Pall. a1700Evelyn Diary 23 Apr. 1661, Then [at the Coronation] was..put on..the cobbium, syndon [i.e. colobium sindonis], or dalmatic, and over this a supertunic of cloth of gold. 1843Lytton Last Barons iv. iii, He looks brave in his gay supertunic. 1860Fairholt Costume Eng. (ed. 2) 83 King John [in his effigy]..wears a supertunic of crimson embroidered with gold. 1891Proc. Soc. Antiq. 15 Jan. 216 The rest of the costume consists of supertunic and kirtle. |