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What is a tunicle?

What is a tunicle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) A small tunic.
  2. A vestment worn by an archdeacon.
  3. (anatomy) A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.
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If you can't find your rochet from your chimere, a tunicle from a maniple, or just love a good linguistic ramble, this is the place for you.
I may have been wrong about the exact description of the vestment she wore, but it looked like a tunicle to me!
A little later the sub-deacon wore a tunicle, which was a scantier dalmatic.
The tunicle, worn underneath the dalmatic, was similar to it in shape, but made of linen.
The sub-deacons tunicle was like the dalmatic, but rather shorter, and less ornamented.
This picture shows the Cross-bearer of Westminster Abbey vested in albe, amice, and tunicle, accompanied by two Servers in apparelled albe and amice.

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