[too-ni-kuh
l, tyoo-] 
| a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops. |
| tu·ni·cle (tōō'nĭ-kəl, tyōō'-) n. Ecclesiastical A sleeved outer vestment reaching to the knees, worn over the alb by a subdeacon or sometimes under the dalmatic by a bishop or cardinal. Also called tunic. [Middle English, from Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica, tunic; see tunic.] |