supertunic
, super + tunic.
Searchable Lemmata: supertunica (L), supertunic (MdE).
Alternate Forms: supertunicalia.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
surcoat or similar long overgarment. In MdE, occasionally used to specify 'the vestment worn above the dalmatic (or tunicle) by a sovereign at his coronation' ['supertunic', OED, 2nd ed. (1989)].(circa 1200 still in current use)
1. Super perticam magistri Johannis de Gerlandia diversa pendent indumenta .s. tunice et supertunicalia, pallia, scapularia, cape, coopertoria, lintheamina, renones, sarrabarre, stragule, camise, bracce, bombacinia et tapete, cuculli et collobia cum lacernis et trabee cum palludamentis.
[AND TLL (1,200,32-35)]
2. indumenta: robes (D) afublement (L) / tunica : cotez (C) cotes (D) / supertunicalia : surcotez (C) ascurtores (L) / scapularia : escapeloria (C) / aspalerus (L)
[AND TLL (2,137,32-33)]
Sex: Male, Female Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Neck, Shoulder(s), Waist.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Medieval Latin (from super + tunic, tunica).
WF: Compound
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