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noun A long sleeveless vestment worn over the alb by a priest during services.

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Eccles., a sleeveless vestment, originally circular in outline, but in medieval and modern use of an elliptical shape, or modified from this so as to be nearly rectangular, and provided with an aperture in the center through which to pass the head. It is worn so as to fall in front and at the back of the wearer to an equal or nearly equal distance, showing only one of its halves at a time. The chasuble is the principal vestment worn by a priest when celebrating the mass or holy communion, and is put on over the alb. It is held to represent the seamless coat of Christ, or charity symbolized by it. The material is usually rich stuff—silk, brocade, or velvet. In its oldest form it was very full and long, reaching nearly to the feet. The medieval or elliptical form, which is sometimes worn in Roman Catholic churches, reachies below the knees, and is generally ornamented with a Y-cross. The shape commonly worn in the Roman Catholic Church, however, does not reach much below the hips, and is nearly rectangular at the back, the part which falls in front being cut away at the sides so as not to impede the movement of the arms, and the two parts are frequently united merely by straps at the shoulders. The chasuble generally has a pillar or vertical stripe at the front, a Y-cross or Latin cross on the back, or on both front and back, and sometimes an edging on both sides. These ornaments are added in a different material with gold or other embroidery, and are known as the orphreys of the chasuble. Among the different names of the chasuble, pœnula, identifying it with the ancient Roman garment of that name, is probably the oldest. The same word occnrs also in various Greek forms. It is translated “cloke” in 2 Tim. iv. 13, and is the accepted name for the chasuble in the Greek Church, generally in the form phelonion. The name planeta has also been in use from early times, and is still the term preferred in the official use of the Roman Catholic Church. The amphibalus, worn at one time in Gaul, seems to have been similar to or identical with the chasuble. In England the name vestment was in use at the time of the Reformation, both for the chasuble alone and for the chasuble with its subsidiary vestments or adjuncts, the stole, amice, and maniple. The use of the chasuble in Anglican churches continued long after the Reformation, and is maintained by certain of them (on authority claimed from the Ornaments rubric) at the present day. It is also worn in the Greek Church. See ornament. And ʒe, lonely ladyes, with ʒoure longe fyngres, That ʒe han silke and sendal to sowe, whan tyme is, Chesibles for chapelleynes cherches to honoure. Piers Plowman (B), vi. 12.

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In fact, there is thought that the chasuble is actually derived from what was originally a common form of Roman civil dress: — New Liturgical Movement
As to the extent which the chasuble was used, it is a matter of some question. — New Liturgical Movement
Father Symondson also has a great interest in the matter of vestments and he recently wished to submit to the NLM a piece considering the "Borromean" form of chasuble, which is the style that might be said to sit halfway between the more full flowing "gothic" form and the typical Baroque form that we are accustomed to seeing. — New Liturgical Movement
This form of chasuble is also well known from portraits of St Ignatius of Loyola and St Philip Neri. — New Liturgical Movement
In the catalogue it is suggested that the chasuble is in its original form but it is unlikely that a chasuble of this shape would have been made as early as 1450. — New Liturgical Movement

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French, from Old French, from Late Latin casubla, hooded garment, from *casupula, diminutive of casa, house.

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Also written chasible, chesible; from Middle English” chesible, chesuble, etc., from Old French *chasible, chasuble, French chasuble (= Spanish casulla; cf. Middle High German kasugele, kasuckel, Dutch kasuifel), from Middle Latin casubula, casubla, equivalent to casula, a mantle, a chasuble, literally a little house (cf. Italian casupola, a shanty), diminutive of Latin casa, a house: see casa. Cf. casula and cassock, of the same ult. origin.

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