Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose sleeveless robe worn especially by Anglican bishops.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The outer robe worn by a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are usually attached.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ecclesiastical The upper
robe worn by somebishops of theAnglican communion , usually withoutsleeves .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The chimere is a dress of black satin, with white lawn sleeves.
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The government of Aristide, who returned to office in 2001 after ruling the country for two periods in the 1990s, allied itself with his own armed partisans, often referred to as chimere after a mythical fire-breathing demon.
IPS Inter Press Service Michael Deibert <editors@ipsnews.net> 2009
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Someone said the protesters are violent "chimere," a word for political gangs.
Crossover Dreams: "All Elements of Society Are Participating" - Impressions of Cap Haitien's Movement Against the UN Crossover Dreams 2010
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"The chimere is the Convocation habit of a doctor of divinity in
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Franklyn cited one such Act, 24 Henry VIII c 13 1533 as authorising all doctors to wear scarlet, as well as claiming that the MA and BD are thereby entitled to a black chimere, or tabard.
Two from Cox: Sumptuary Laws and Sovereignty Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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Franklyn cited one such Act, 24 Henry VIII c 13 1533 as authorising all doctors to wear scarlet, as well as claiming that the MA and BD are thereby entitled to a black chimere, or tabard.
Archive 2008-06-01 Dan Ernst 2008
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The picture of the bishop in a red chimere is the Episcopalian bishop Michael Curry of the Diocese of North Carolina.
Soundslide of Bishop Burbidge's Installation Argent 2006
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Bishop vested in chimere and rochet, enveloped in a rich mantle, with the cross of St. George, encircled by the Garter and motto of the
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It would seem that the closed cope has a modern representative in the cappa magna of cardinals and bishops, and also in the chimere
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Over a chimere of figured crimson velvet he wore a fine linen rochet.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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