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.]
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