camisia

It is first met outside of Rome, where, until the fifteenth century, the vestment was called camisia, alba romana, or succa (subta).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

The origin of the rochet may be traced from the clerical (non - liturgical) alba or camisia, that is, the clerical linen tunic of everyday life.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

It has in the past been known by many various names: linea or tunica linea, from the material of which it is made; poderis, tunica talaris, or simply talaris, from the fact of its reaching to the feet (tali, ankles); camisia, from the shirt-like nature of the garment; alba,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

This camisia appears first in Rome as a privileged vestment; that this was the case in the Christian capital as early as the ninth century is established by the St. Gall catalogue of vestments.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

The Arabic _quamīç_ occurs in the Koran, but is thought to be an adaptation of the Latin _camisia, camisa_.

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

` shirt 'from LL camisa, camisia ` shirt, thin dress,' probably of Germanic origin, akin to OE ham ` undergarment, 'hama ` cover, skin,' hemetha ` shirt, 'and to Skt śāmulya ` woolen shirt.'

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XX No 2 1991

I think, for _camisia_; but Spenser (_Faerie Queene_, II.iii. xxvi.) has (as

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889

The word kameez is derived from the Latin camisia (shirt or tunic

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