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Ornaments
The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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By "ornaments" is meant the necessary furniture of the church for the proper conduct of divine service, and the vestments to be worn by the clergy. In this the Church of the present day is largely guided by what is called the "Ornaments Rubric" of the English Prayer-book. According to this it would seem that among the necessary ornaments for the proper furnishing of the church are the following: the Altar, with its cross, candlesticks and coverings; Paten and Chalice; Cruets, Font and Pulpit; and that the necessary vestments of the Priest are the chasuble, alb and girdle, stole, surplice, cope; for the Bishop the same with the addition of the rochette, mitre and Pastoral staff.
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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Ornaments'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/o/ornaments.html. 1901.
Miller, William James. Entry for 'Ornaments'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/o/ornaments.html. 1901.
