Citations:chasuble

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English citations of chasuble

  • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
    He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk,m and blue silk and gold brocade[.]
  • 1948 — Awe-inspiring in their chasubles of Anglo-Nubian fur, in their tiaras of gilded horns, Patriarchs and Archimandrites, Presbyters and Postulants stand in two groups at the head of the altar steps, chanting antiphonally in a high treble to the music of bone recorders and a battery of xylophones. — Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence