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TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the Norman See also: principal undergarment of men and See also: women, answering to the See also: chiton (Xerc'ev) of the Greeks, and covered by the See also: outer garment, the See also: palla (Gr. lµartov), in the See also: case of women, and by the See also: peculiar See also: Roman garment, the toga, in the case of men
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The male tunica differed from the X1rwv in usually having See also: short sleeves (see further See also: COSTUME: § See also: Ancient See also: Greek and Roman)
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The See also: term, more often in the See also: form " See also: tunicle " (See also: Lat. dim. tunicula), is applied, in ecclesiastical usage, to a vestment worn over the See also: alb by the sub-deacon in the celebration of the Mass
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In general current usage it is used of any loose short garment, girt at the See also: waist and reaching from the neck to some distance above the knee
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It is thus the name of the fatigue coat of a soldier of the See also: British army
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There are numerous uses of " tunic " or " tunica " in anatomy, zoology and botany in the sense of a covering or integument
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