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tunicle

N เสื้อ พิธี ของ พระ คริสเตียน นิกาย โรมันคาทอลิก

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUNICLE

n.[from tunic. ] A natural covering; an integument.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUNICLE

Tu "ni *cle, n. Etym: [L. tunicula a little tunic, coat, or membrane, dim. of tunica a tunic: cf. OF. tunicle. ]

1. A slight natural covering; an integument. The tunicles that make the ball or apple of the eye. Holland.

2. (R. C. Ch. )

Defn: A short, close-fitting vestment worn by bishops under the dalmatic, and by subdeacons.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tunicle

tu ni cle |ˈt (y )o͞onikəl ˈtjunəkəl | ▶noun a short liturgical vestment that is traditionally worn over the alb by a subdeacon at celebrations of the Mass. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tunicle or Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica (see tunica ).

Oxford Dictionary

tunicle

tunicle |ˈtjuːnɪk (ə )l | ▶noun a short liturgical vestment which is traditionally worn over the alb by a subdeacon at celebrations of the Mass. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French tunicle or Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica (see tunica ).