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pontificals

pontificals

pontificals

(Latin: pontificalia, things pertaining to a bishop )

Marks of dignity used by cardinals and bishops at Mass and other offices of the Church when celebrating with full pontifical solemnity; also, at Mass only, by abbots in their monasteries and by some privileged prothonotaries Apostolic, and canons. The pontificals common to all are eight in number: buskins , sandals, gloves , dalmatic , tunicle, ring, pectoral cross , and mitre . Among the pontificals not common to all are the crosier , gremial , pallium , and archiepiscopal processional cross .

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary