Chimere
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Fr. chim È re, from the Italian zimarra). The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which the lawn sleeves are generally attached. Before Elizabeth's time the bishops wore a scarlet chimere over the rochet, as they still do when assembled in convocation; but bishop Hooper having scrupled at the scarlet, it was changed for black satin. — Palmer, Orig. Liturgicae, 2:319.
