tunicle
/ˈtjuːnɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vestment worn by a subdeacon at celebrations of the Eucharist.
noun
A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.
Example Sentences
- "In illustrating his views on the Popish tendency of these rubrics, the rev. gentleman particularly referred to the use of the alb, and cope, and tunicle, by the clergy in the discharge of their official duties."
- "He longed for the minor sacred offices, to be vested with the tunicle of subdeacon at high mass […]."