Sticharion

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in catholic churches.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the Gr. Ch., a vestment corresponding to the alb of the Western Church.
  • Word Usage
    "When people go even as far as calling their books and vestments after ours, saying Missal when they mean Euchologion, alb when they mean sticharion, the confusion becomes hopeless."
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