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2. Liturgical lace - Wikipedia

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   Liturgical lace has been used especially for liturgical vestments suchs as albs, surplices, and rochets or gremiale. [23] Lace is also often added to liturgical tablecloths and pieces such as chalice covers. Altar lace which consists of lace fringe which is usually attached to the front of the altar, was never mentioned in the rubrics, but it ...

3. Altar cloth - Wikipedia

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   At that time, the Roman Rite required the use of three altar cloths, to which a cere cloth, not classified as an altar cloth, was generally added. This was a piece of heavy linen treated with wax ( cera , from which "cere" is derived, is the Latin word for "wax") to protect the altar linens from the dampness of a stone altar, and also to ...

4. Corporal (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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   The corporal is an altar linen used in Christianity for the celebration of the Eucharist.Originally called corporax, from Latin corpus ("body"), it is a small square of white linen cloth; modern corporals are usually somewhat smaller than the width of the altar on which they are used, so that they can be placed flat on top of it when unfolded.

5. Vestment - Wikipedia

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   A stiff diamond-shaped cloth that hangs on the right side of the body; it is suspended by one corner from a strap drawn over the left shoulder. It is worn by all bishops and as an award for priests. Omophorion (Greek ὠμοφόριον) This is the distinctive episcopal vestment, a wide cloth band draped about the shoulders in a characteristic ...

6. Surplice - Wikipedia

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   It seems most probable that the surplice first appeared in France or England, from whence its use gradually spread to Italy [citation needed]. It is possible that there is a connection between the surplice and the Gallican or Celtic alb, an ungirdled liturgical tunic of the old Gallican Rite, which was superseded during the Carolingian era by the Roman Rite.

7. Parament - Wikipedia

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   Paraments include the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, such as altar cloths, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, and in the ecclesiastical vestments category they include humeral veils and mitres.