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chlamys

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Searchable Lemmata: chlamys (L).
Alternate Forms: chlamydae.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Garment; overgarment or cloak, sometimes a garment of high status; 'Greek word ... denoting the military cloak adopted by the Romans' and used sparingly in the English Royal Wardrobe accounts for ceremonial garments [Newton, S.M. (1980), 44].(ante 1100 - circa 1405)
1. clamidem, .i. uestem basincge, wæfel [DOE AldV 13.1 (Nap) (2123 (2117))]
2. clamidem: [h]ræglæ. [DOE OccGl 51.3 (Hofmann) (0010 (10))]
3. Clamis hacele ł fotsid sciccel. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (0845 (845))]
4. Clamidem : hacelan ł lachen ł loðan. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (1405 (1428))]
5. Clamidis : <godweb>. [DOE ClGl 2 (Quinn) (0869 (868))]
6. Clamida : mentel. [DOE CollGl 30.2 (Ker) (0034 (34))]
7. Fibea luna. Fibola .i. clamidis cuculla [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (3222 (F321))]
8. clamide .i. sagum duplex uestimentum : <wæfelse>uestem basincge [DOE AldV 1 (Goossens) (2074 (2080))]
9. Clames i uestis : scrud. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (0272 (272))]
10. hic spoliat eum clamide purpura et ipse stat nudusDescribing the garment taken from Christ during the passion. [LexP Passio XPI (Norris) (2533 st dir)]
11. quem [Ethelstanum Elfredus] ... premature militem fecerat, donatum chlamyde coccinea, gemmato baltheo Heroic, Historic. [DMLBS W. MALM. (GR II 133) circa 1125]
12. lego ... j clamidem cum capucio de skarlet fururatam cum menyvoer Wills. [DMLBS Test. Ebor. (III 35) 1405]
13. fratribus militibus Templi alba clamide indutis c et xxx presentibus (J. STILLINGFLETE) Historic. (as worn by Templar [cf. Rec. Templ. 214n]; from the entry for the year 1147) [DMLBS MonA (VI 832b) 1434]
14. tres clamides ad opus acolitorum, quarum videlicet una cum duobus appendiciis auro brusdatis Ecclesiastic/Regula. (as worn by acolyte) [DMLBS Process. Sal. (184) ante 1100]
15. [regina] posito peplo et rejecto clamine ... ducebatur ad tormentum Historic. (as worn by a woman; the date corresponds to the entry for that year) [DMLBS Ann. Wint. (23) 1043]
L.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s).
1b(n.) Garment; the purple garment worn by Christ during the passion.(ante 1100)
1. hic spoliat eum clamide purpura et ipse stat nudus [LexP Passio XPI (Norris) (2533 (st dir))]
2. et exuentes eum clamidem et induerunt eum tunicam purpuream clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei & gearwende hine mið hrægle & gwedon hine tunuc felleread windende beg ymsaldon him. [DOE MtGl (Li) (1013 (27.28))]
3. et exuentes eum clamydem coccineam circumdederunt ei et plectentes coronam de spinis posuerunt super caput eius et genu flexo ante eum inludebant dicentes have rex Iudaeorum...et postquam inluserunt ei exuerunt eum clamydem et induerunt eum vestimentis eius [DOE Biblia Sacra (Fischer, et al.) (Mt 27,28)]
4. Clauus [Clamis] ł purpur purpuren hrægel. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (078400 (784))]
L.
Sex: Male    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1c(n.) ; Eastern vestment.(ante 1100)
1. Chlamys est qui ex una parte induitur, neque consuitur, sed fibula infrenatur. Hinc et Graece nomen accepit. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,24,2)]
2. IN YS synd grecisce naman, þa we ne hreppað nu, buton haec clamys ðes basingc, huius clamydis. [DOE ÆGram (040400 (60.12))]
3. Clamis hacele ł fotsid sciccel. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (084500 (845))]
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Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin, from Greek χλαμύς.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: χλαμΰς.
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