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Definition of "sticharion" []

  • The outer clerical garb worn by clergy in the Greek Orthodox Church, corresponding to the alb in catholic churches. (noun)

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Use "sticharion" in a sentence
  • "The priest wears the sticharion, epitrachelion, zone, and epimanikia."
  • "The bishop wears over his cassock the sticharion our alb; it is often of silk and coloured; then the epitrachelion, a stole of which the two ends are sewn together and hang straight down in front, with a loop through which the head is passed."
  • "The deacon wears the sticharion and epimanikia, but no girdle."