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The Papal cape is called a COPE.

The American Heritage Dictionary says the following:

cope (noun)

1. A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.

2. A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.

Etymology: from the Middle English cope, from Old English cope, from Medieval Latin capa, cloak, from Late Latin cappa.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition; Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company; Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Also: orale or fanon (or maniple)

1. a maniple.

2. a striped scarf-like vestment worn by the pope over the alb when celebrating solemn Pontifical Mass.

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