Roman Catholic vestments

The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced ; ) is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity. Mitres are worn in the Catholic Church, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (IOC), Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church (Jacobites), Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion, some Lutheran churches, for important ceremonies, by the Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, and also, in the Catholic Church, all cardinal

thumb|The pallium of Pope John XXIII, which is the current design, displayed in the museum of the [[Archdiocese of Gniezno]]thumb|Pope Innocent III depicted wearing the pallium around the breast in a fresco at the Sacro Speco CloisterThe pallium (derived from the Roman pallium or palla, a woolen cloak; : pallia) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the pope, but for many centuries bestowed by the Holy See upon metropolitans and primates as a symbol of their conferred jurisdictional authorities; it remains a papal emblem. It is symbolic of the lamb which

thumb|Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen|Catholic bishop of Copenhagen, in pontifical liturgical vestments including the Chasuble. The chasuble () is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian churches that use full vestments, primarily in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran churches. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and in the Eastern Catholic Churches, the equivalent vestment is the phelonion.

thumb|A white alb under a purple Stole (vestment)|stole (running around the neck) and maniple (on arm)

long narrow cloth band worn around the neck and falling from the shoulders as part of ecclesiastical dress

thumb|right|Cardinal Franciszek Macharski with a scarlet zucchetto The zucchetto (, also , , ; meaning 'small gourd', from zucca 'pumpkin' or more generally 'gourd'; plural in English: zucchettos) or solideo, officially a pileolus, is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical skullcap worn by clerics of the Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, and by senior clergy in certain denominations of Lutheranism, Anglicanism, and Methodism.

thumb|A traditional black biretta.

thumb|upright|A Roman Catholic deacon wearing a dalmatic and a biretta during a service in the Traditional Latin Rite thumb|upright|Ornately embroidered dalmatic (shown from the back with a collarin) The dalmatic is a long, wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, United Methodist, and some other churches. When used, it is the proper vestment of a deacon at Mass, Holy Communion or other services such as baptism or marriage held in the context of a Eucharistic service. Although infrequent, it may also be worn by bishops above the alb and bel

thumbnail|200px|Johan Bonny, a Catholic [[bishop, wearing a gold-embroidered cope, Antwerp, Belgium]]A cope ( ("rain coat") or ("cape")) is a liturgical long mantle or cloak, open at the front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.

thumb|Seminarian vested in a pleated Roman-style surplice with lace inserts, holding a thurible.thumb|An Anglicanism|Anglican [[priest wearing a black cassock, white English-style surplice, academic hood, and black tippet as his choir dress.]] thumb|The Death of St. Bede, the monastic clergy are wearing surplices over their [[cowls (original painting at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw).]] thumb|Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, in choir dress. Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.

The amice is a liturgical vestment used mainly in the Roman Catholic church, Western Orthodox church, Lutheran church, and some Anglican, Armenian, and Polish National Catholic churches.

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embroidered band of silk or similar fabric worn hanging from the left arm as part of liturgical dress

The cincture is a rope-like or ribbon-like article sometimes worn with certain Christian liturgical vestments, encircling the body around or above the waist. As usual with vestments, both the term and the object are taken from ordinary everyday dress of the distant past. There are two types of cinctures: one is a rope-like narrow girdle or rope-like belt around the waist. The other type is a broad ribbon of cloth that runs around the waist and usually has a section that hangs down from the waist; this type is often called a "band cincture" – it would be a "waist-sash" in secular contexts. One

long, oblong veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of the celebrant of the Mass in the Roman Catholic tradition

glove worn by a Roman Catholic bishop when celebrating Solemn Pontifical Mass

vestment worn by some bishops

thumb|Almuce, worn by a Roman Catholic priest, Fribourg, An almuce was a hood-like shoulder cape worn as a choir vestment in the Middle Ages, especially in England. Initially, it was worn by the general population. It found lasting use by certain canons regular, such as the white almutium worn on the arm by Premonstratensian canons. Use of fur-lined almuce was against the rules of the canons, leading to requests for dispensations from the rule, as described by Alison Fizzard. It also survives in the tippet and hood worn by some Anglican priests.

thumb|alt=refer to caption|A pontifical tunicle. The tunicle is a liturgical vestment associated with Roman Catholicism, Anglo-Catholic, and Lutheranism.

thumb|alt=This French pontifical gremiale has embroidery and lace edging.|A French pontifical gremiale, c. 1650. A gremiale, sometimes anglicized as gremial, is a square or oblong cloth or apron which a Roman Catholic bishop wears over his lap during certain liturgical ceremonies, in order to protect his pontifical vestments (especially the chasuble). It is neither blessed or consecrated, and has no symbolic meaning apart from its practical function.

Roman Catholic pontifical vestment

Liturgical vestments worn by bishops