| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tu·ni·cle |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t  n -k l, ty- |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin tunicula, diminutive of tunica, tunic. See tunic.
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