rochet

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɹɒtʃɪt/

Noun

archaic historical

A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.

Japanese Meaning

司教が着用する白い祭服。サープライズに似ているが袖が細く、カトリック教会では膝下まで、または聖公会ではカソックの裾まで伸びる。

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The choir fell silent as the bishop entered wearing a pristine rochet over his cassock.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

司教がカソックの上に、スルプルスに似て袖が狭い白い胴服を清らかに着て入場すると、合唱団は静まり返った。

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Sense（1）

A white vestment, worn by a bishop, similar to a surplice but with narrower sleeves, extending either to below the knee (in the Catholic church) or to the hem of the cassock in the Anglican church.

Each priest adorn'd was in a surplice white, / The bishops don'd their albes and copes of state, // Above their rochets button'd fair before, / And mitres on their heads like crowns they wore.

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Sense（2）

(now rare, historical) A frock or outer garment worn in the 13th and 14th centuries.

rochets

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