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See also:TUNIC (0. Eng. tunice, tunical, taken, before the See also:Norman See also:con-quest, directly from See also:Lat. tunica, of which the origin is unknown) , properly the name given in Latin to the 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 . 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) . 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-See also:deacon in the celebration of the See also:Mass . In See also:general current usage it is used of any loose short garment, girt at the See also:waist and reaching from the See also:neck to some distance above the See also:knee . It is thus the name of the fatigue coat of a soldier of the See also:British See also:army . There are numerous uses of " See also:tunic " or " tunica " in See also:anatomy, See also:zoology and See also:botany in the sense of a covering or integument . |
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