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Example sentences for "chasuble"

Lexicographically close words:
chastiseth; chastising; chastite; chastitie; chastity; chasubles; chat; chate; chateau; chateaus
  1. And the bereaved parent who had shed the chasuble but kept the handy Franciscan cord acquired a sumptuous collection which Accau coveted.

  2. He indicated a warped red thief who had put a pair of wretched legs through the armholes of the friar's elegant chasuble and was wearing it upside down.

  3. He pointed the vestry out to him, waited until he returned with chasuble and chalice, and then went off and fell into a sound sleep on one of the neighbouring benches.

  4. The chasuble is sometimes ornamented with very rich needlework.

  5. It is embroidered on the chasuble of St. Thomas of Canterbury, which is still preserved in the Cathedral {63} of Sens, in France.

  6. The ornamentation of the chasuble is commonly of this form.

  7. It is not a Eucharistic vestment and does not displace the chasuble at Celebrations.

  8. He opened his eyes and reached for his chasuble just as the sacristy door opened and Sir Pierre, the Count's Privy Secretary, stepped in.

  9. Father Bright folded the green chasuble and returned it to the drawer, then took out the black one.

  10. This apparel, when the vestment has been adjusted, forms a sort of stiff collar which appears above the chasuble or dalmatic (see fig.

  11. At the end of the mass the cleric, clad in chasuble and stole and bearing a linen bag on one arm, comes before the pope or bishop and receives a blessing.

  12. The Queen's own missal, a beautiful embroidered chasuble from her industrious fingers, an exquisitely enamelled viril, &c.

  13. Among the vestments is an extremely beautiful chasuble brought here at the time of the Reformation from Old St. Paul's in London.

  14. A long murmur of voices followed the Te Deum, whilst Leo XIII, after donning the tiara in lieu of the mitre, and exchanging the chasuble for the pontifical cope, went to occupy his throne on the platform at the entry of the left transept.

  15. He and his suite ascended the altar steps, and knelt at a prie-Dieu, then they took off his tippet, and vested him in a silk chasuble with a white cross embroidered in silver, and the mass began.

  16. Yes, and the mourning chasuble with its lobed crosses, and its discreet white fullings, in which the Father abbot vested himself, the day on which he communicated us, is not it also a caress for the eyes?

  17. He threw back on his chasuble the woollen hood which covered his head, and assisted by two white monks went up to the high altar to say mass.

  18. He wears an episcopal ring, he is a bishop," thought Durtal, who leant forward to see the colour of the vestment underneath the chasuble and alb.

  19. Quickly he slipped off the tunic he wore under his sacerdotal vestments, handed it to the beggar, and then hurried on to the new church, drawing his alb and chasuble about him, to conceal the deficiency of a nether garment.

  20. So, full of shame, he began, hoping that the folds of his chasuble would conceal the absence of a tunic.

  21. England, where it is now considered distinctive of the chasuble as worn in the Anglican Church.

  22. Back of a Chasuble of Italian Brocaded Damask (Red) with Embroidered Orphreys.

  23. At the Reformation the chasuble was rejected with the other vestments by the more extreme Protestants.

  24. The chasuble was originally a tent-like robe which fell in loose folds below the knee (see Plate I.

  25. The modern Roman chasuble pictured in Plate I.

  26. In England at the Reformation the dalmatic ultimately shared the fate of the chasuble and other mass vestments.

  27. The chasuble hangs in curious, close, U-like folds and the crosier staff passes diagonally across the body.

  28. There is a good deal of colour on the tomb; the chasuble is red with green lining, its orphreys are painted on the stone.

  29. On a certain thirteenth century chasuble are the words "Penne fit me" (Penne made me), pointing to the existence of a needleworker of that name.

  30. Jewelled robes were often seen in the Middle Ages; a chasuble is described as having been made for the Abbot of St. Albans, in the twelfth century, which was practically covered with plaques of gold and precious stones.

  31. Nicholas's chasuble is of gold with patterns on it.

  32. It was used at first by the celebrant, but, when the chasuble came into use in the Roman Church, it became the vestment of the deacons.

  33. The most interesting thing, however, is a chasuble of the fifteenth century, with embroidered figures of silver-gilt thread in high relief upon the cross.

  34. The chasuble has an embroidered cross with figures of Christ and three saints or Apostles, with two little angels censing below the arms, and a quatrefoil in the centre.

  35. Each of the three doors is surmounted by a relief, that over the Pardon representing the Virgin presenting the chasuble to Saint Ildefonso, who is kneeling at her feet.

  36. To cap it all, the Virgin made her favorite a splendid present of a chasuble worked by the angels with which she invested him with her own hands before she said good-bye.

  37. At first the pall was fastened by gold pins to the chasuble to keep it in place, but just as ladies now use little lead weights to keep parts of their dress in position, so lead was used to hold the archbishop's pall in place.

  38. It should be pointed out that the pall must not be confounded with the apparel of the chasuble called the orphrey, which also has a "Y" shape.

  39. Upon the chasuble La Teuse next laid out the stole, the maniple, the girdle, alb and amice.

  40. He went on walking steadily, thinking about a new chasuble that he wished to purchase to replace the old gold-broidered one, which was certainly falling into shreds.

  41. William told him that he was, and that if Chasuble won he would be able to go to Egypt.

  42. She saw the slender greyhound creatures as she had seen them at Epsom, through a sea of heads and hats, and she asked herself if Chasuble was the brown horse that had galloped in first, or the chestnut that had trotted in last.

  43. If he did this the doctor assured him that it would not much matter whether Chasuble won or lost.

  44. If he did, he felt sure that Chasuble would not win.

  45. She offered up prayers that Chasuble might win, although it did not seem right to address God on the subject, but her heart often felt like breaking, and she had to do something.

  46. If Chasuble had won we would have all gone to Egypt.

  47. I was saying that I never had that feeling about Chasuble as one 'as about a winner.

  48. But when Chasuble was backed to win thousands at ten to one, and Journeyman and Stack assured him that the stable was quite confident of being able to pull it off, his spirits revived.

  49. If the sermon be preached from the altar-steps by the celebrant the chasuble should be retained.

  50. If the sermon be preached from the pulpit (for which there is no rubrical direction), and by the priest who is celebrating Holy Communion, the Chasuble should be laid aside for the function of preaching.

  51. Benito, a Frenchman who succeeded to the chair, not to be behind his predecessors, made the Virgin send him down another chasuble to a church in his own country before he came to Toledo.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "chasuble" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.