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Clergy of various ranks in vestments at a Mass according to the Neo-Gallican Rite of Versailles Elevation of the chalice. Vestments are liturgical garments and articles associated primarily with the Christian religion, especially by Eastern Churches , Catholics (of all rites), Lutherans , and Anglicans .
As Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor to the office for the Pope's liturgical ceremonies, wrote in an article on the priest's vesting prayers in the Tridentine Mass: The maniple is an article of liturgical dress used in the celebration of the extraordinary form of the Holy Mass of the Roman Rite.
Nowadays, the alb is the common vestment for all ministers, both clerics and laypersons (acolytes and lectors), [2] at Mass. It is worn over the cassock, but underneath any other special vestments, such as the stole, dalmatic or chasuble. If the alb does not completely cover the collar, an amice is often worn underneath the alb.
Violet Latin stole and maniple, worn over an alb. The stole is a liturgical vestment of various Christian denominations, which symbolizes priestly authority; in Protestant denominations which do not have priests but use stoles as a liturgical vestment, however, it symbolizes being a member of the ordained.
The definition of their use by the various orders of the clergy in the several liturgical functions, however, was established by the close of the 13th century. [6] The images below illustrate changes up to that time. For centuries thereafter the dress has been essentially unaltered.
A religious habit is a distinctive set of clothing worn by members of a religious order.Traditionally, some plain garb recognizable as a religious habit has also been worn by those leading the religious eremitic and anchoritic life, although in their case without conformity to a particular uniform style.
A woman in white and green ceremonial Mormon temple garb, used during the endowment ceremony [7]: 1:55 [8] Special outer temple clothing is worn to perform the endowment and sealing portions of their temple ceremonies. The clothing includes a robe that fits over one shoulder, a sash, an apron, a veil (for women), and a cap (for men). All of the ...
In the Anglican churches the rochet is a vestment peculiar to bishops and is worn by them in choir dress with the chimere, both in ministration in church and also on ceremonial occasions outside, e.g. sitting in the House of Lords, attending a royal levee, [2] or commencement ceremony.