Tunicle

Word TUNICLE
Character 7
Hyphenation tu ni cle
Pronunciations /ˈtjuːnɪkəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Tunicle"

What do we mean by tunicle?

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. noun

A tunic; especially, a fine, thin, or delicate tunic; a slight coat or covering. noun

Eccles., same as tunic, 3. noun

A slight natural covering; an integument. noun

A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons. noun

A small tunic noun

A vestment worn by an archdeacon noun

A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin noun

A small tunic.

A vestment worn by an archdeacon.

A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tunicle

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The word "tunicle" in example sentences

The acolyte leads it, vested in tunicle and carrying a processional cross, and two deacons carry the oils to pour into the font. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For those who would like another view of the vestments, which are simply superb, here is one which shows the subdeacon in tunicle with humeral veil: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Cross is carried by a second subdeacon in red tunicle, not by the one who serves the Mass, or else by an acolyte. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the beginning of the rite, the three major ministers wear amice, alb, and cincture; the priest and deacon also wear black stoles, but none of the three wears either a chasuble of any sort, nor a dalmatic or tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Folded chasubles were not used on the 1st Sunday of Lent, as "according to tradition, Lent begins on the first Monday" (see King, Liturgies of the Primatial Sees, p. 50) and so accordingly on that Sunday (as well as Laetare Sunday) dalmatic and tunicle were worn by the deacon and subdeacon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the cooper got back to the city, he had the tale of his adventure embroidered on a silken tunicle, which remains today under glass at the Church of St. Leodegar in Lucerne. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

But in the calendar of the usus antiquior, violet dalmatic and tunicle would have also been used for times such as the pre-Lenten season of Septuagesima. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The priest removes his violet cope, and dons a white one; the deacon and subdeacon do not change their violet dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Part in parcel with that movement was the revival of the conical form of the chasuble and fuller forms of the dalmatic and tunicle; something which was particularly seen (though not exclusively seen) within the monastic context of the Liturgical Movement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both Braun and Fortescue speak of the deacon and subdeacon simply wearing their proper vestments, minus the dalmatic and tunicle respectively in these instances. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Orat., carried the Blessed Sacrament down St Giles ', and he was assisted by a deacon, Br David Rocks OP, and an acolyte in a tunicle, Br Robert Gay OP. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Folded chasubles were not used, but in penitential times, deacon and subdeacon merely wear their proper vestments, minus the outer vestments of dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The priest wears a cope at the beginning, as before; however the deacon and subdeacon do not wear folded chasubles any longer, but rather dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Further, according to Fortescue, if there were no Rose coloured vestments to use on Gaudete and Laetare Sundays, violet vestments were used on those Sundays instead, including the violet dalmatic and tunicle (p. 245) -- which would be in keeping with the lightened penitential character of those Sundays. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are worn ... by the deacon and subdeacon, instead of dalmatic and tunicle, on days of fasting and penance, except vigils of Saints 'days and Christmas Eve, which have dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After the Passion, before the Solemn Prayers, the priest, deacon and subdeacon change their vestments; the priest puts on a cope, the deacon and subdeacon put on dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The maniple is not used, and the deacon and subdeacon wear dalmatic and tunicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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