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Latin Rite, there are the cappa magna, the amess, the mozetta, the rochet, the biretta; in the Greek Rite the mandyas (mantle) of the bishops, and the biretta-like covering for the head called kamelaukion, which, when worn by monks or bishops, has a veil called exokamelaukion.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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But for the kamelaukion (or kalemaukion -- the tall hat without a brim) there was little to distinguish them from other peasants.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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