tunicle


tu·ni·cle

T0413300 (to͞o′nĭ-kəl, tyo͞o′-)n. Ecclesiastical A sleeved outer vestment reaching to the knees, worn over the alb by a subdeacon or sometimes under the dalmatic by a bishop or cardinal. Also called tunic.
[Middle English, from Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica, tunic; see tunic.]

tunicle

(ˈtjuːnɪkəl) n (Roman Catholic Church) chiefly RC Church the liturgical vestment worn by the subdeacon and bishops at High Mass and other religious ceremonies[C14: from Latin tunicula a little tunic]

tu•ni•cle

(ˈtu nɪ kəl, ˈtyu-)

n. a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin tunicula, Latin: diminutive of tunica tunic; see -ule]