almuce

"almuce", a fur-lined tippet and hood, still retained at Rome and elsewhere by the canons of cathedral and collegiate churches, and now practically confined to them.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The tippet was an academic adaptation of the ecclesiastical almuce, and was not the same as the hood, although the almuce seems to have been in the first place nothing but an ordinary hood with a lining of fur to keep out the cold.

The Customs of Old England

He is also in ecclesiastical costume in processional vestments, without the cope exposing the almuce.

A Short Account of King's College Chapel Walter Poole Littlechild

Over that again is a tippet, a development of the almuce, or worn over it.

The Customs of Old England

In funeral monuments the almuce is found constantly associated with the cope, also primarily a choir vestment.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Formerly the almuce was worn by university graduates, and many other orders of the clergy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

In assisting the bishop they dispense with the cuculla, and wear the almuce over the surplice.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

In choir they wear in summer the rochet with a black almuce.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Their choral habit the cuculla or frock of the congregation with a special almuce.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Precentors denote their office by placing a baton behind their shields, and the arms of a canon are often displayed upon the almuce

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913