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  2. Religious habit - Wikipedia

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    A nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in her cloister Traditional Catholic nuns. The religious habits of Catholic nuns typically consist of the following elements: Tunic: This is the central piece of the habit. It is a loose dress made of serge fabric pleated at the neck and draping to the ground. It can be worn pinned up in the front ...

  3. Clerical clothing - Wikipedia

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    Monks and friars wear a habit that can differ considerably from the cassock. Cassocks are generally ankle-length. The color is black for priests, black with purple piping for canons, black with magenta piping for monsignors, black with amaranth red piping for bishops; and black with scarlet red for cardinals. The Roman Pontiff wears a white ...

  4. Religious clothing - Wikipedia

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    Other communities wear hats similar to the fez or the more common Bucharian styled kippah. Rekel coats are worn by Hasidic lay men during weekdays, and by some on the Sabbath. Some Ashkenazi Jewish men wear a frock coat during prayer and other specific occasions. It is commonly worn by Hasidic rabbis and Jewish religious leaders in public.

  5. Capuchin Poor Clares - Wikipedia

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    Longo's new order took the same habit design as the men. Like the friars, the nuns wear a simple brown tunic knotted with a cord at the waist and a short cape. The only addition for nuns was a wimple and a black veil. [5] Brown habit, black veil, white wimple

  6. Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns? - AOL

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  7. Kalimavkion - Wikipedia

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    In the Greek tradition, nuns do not normally wear a kalimavkion, but rather just the veil. In the Russian tradition, priests and deacons, if awarded it, wear a kamilavka that is normally taller than the Greek style, widens as it rises, and is flat at the top. Monks wear a black kamilavka with black veil. Russian nuns also wear the kamilavka ...

  8. Cowl - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the Cistercians are known as the White Monks, in reference to the color of the cuculla, the term for the white choir robe worn over their habits. "The Carthusian wears the ordinary monastic habit in white serge, but the scapular which is joined by bands at the side and has the hood attached to it, is known as the "cowl".

  9. The Creepiest Nuns in Movie History - AOL

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    The image of Affleck and his crew wearing flowing black habits, identical rubber masks, and armed with assault rifles was so powerful that Warner Brothers put it front and center on the film’s ...