liturgical vestments
Sacred ceremonial garments
Liturgical vestments are the ceremonial garments worn by clergy and other religious officials during worship services.
The term covers robes, stoles, chasubles, albs, and other specialized clothing prescribed by religious tradition for particular rites or seasons: The priest donned his liturgical vestments before Mass.
Different faiths and denominations have distinct vestment traditions, often with symbolic colors and designs marking the liturgical calendar.
- albLiturgical white robe
- mitrePointed clerical headwear
- birettaRidged ecclesiastical cap
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
- stoleTook without permission
maniple · pallium · cincture · altar server · high mass · cope · surplice · crosier · priest · Roman Catholic · Eastern Orthodox · sacristy · gold · gold thread · embroidered · silk brocade · purple · brocade
- liturgyDivine Office, missal, lectionary, rite, Tridentine Mass
- church artaltarpieces, altars, crucifixes, crosses, reliquaries
- historic textilesbrocade, damask, velvet, silk weaving, linen
- Armenian ChurchEtchmiadzin
- Coptic ChristianityCopts, Saint Mark
liturgical vestmentsstreet clothes
Ordinary daily attire
casual attire · plain clothes · day dress · work clothes · mufti