Definition of "camisia" []

• A shirt; a tunic. (noun)
• An alb. (noun)
• A shrine in which the Book of the Gospels used at high mass was formerly preserved. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

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