Trousers (or "pants" in North American English, sometimes "slacks" in more formal or older-fashioned usage) are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body and covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across both as in skirts and dresses). Historically, as for the West, trousers were the standard lower-body clothing item for males since the 16th century; by the late 20th century they had become extremely prevalent for females as well. Trousers are worn at the hips or waist, and may be held up by thei ...

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Cassock: A long-sleeved, hoodless garment most often made of lightweight black fabric. Cassocks are generally ankle-length. Clergy Shirt: There are several types of clergy shirts: Neckband: A collarless shirt (similar to a banded collar shirt) with a thin strip of cloth that fits over the neck of the shirt, creating a solid white collar that sourrounds the neck, like a turtleneck sweater. The collar may be fastened with collar stays or buttons. These shirts are most familiar for Anglican clergy. Tab-Collar: A col ...

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Clerical clothing, Clerical clothing - Orthodox Christianity, Clerical clothing - Catholicism, Clerical clothing - Anglicanism, Clerical clothing - Protestantism

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Bishops wear a Pectoral Cross in both their regular dress and when attending or serving liturgy. If the bishop wears a clerical suit, the Pectoral Cross is placed in his shirt breast pocket, kept over his heart. If a cassock is worn, the Pectoral Cross is either suspended from the Bishop's neck and left to hang freely, or the chain is worn around the neck with the Cross is suspended from one of the buttons on the front of the cassock — usually when the bishop is wearing a zucchetto. However, since bishops often take their zucchetti off when they are outdoors to keep it ...

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Pectoral cross, Pectoral cross - Roman Catholic practice, Pectoral cross - Protestant practice, Pectoral cross - Orthodox practice

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In most Christian traditions, priests wear clerical clothing— a distinctive form of street dress. In form it varies considerably–even within individual traditions–depending on the specific occasion. In Western Christianity, the stiff white clerical collar has become the nearly universal feature of priestly clerical clothing, worn either with a cassock or a clergy shirt. The shirt may be worn with or without a jacket, and occasionally a pectoral cross is worn with either the cassock or the shirt. The collar may be either a full collar o ...

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Priest, Priest - In Judaism, Priest - In Christianity, Priest - Catholic & Orthodox, Priest - Protestant, Priest - Anglican Communion, Priest - Quaker, Priest - Dress

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Choir dress in the Roman Catholic Church is worn when attending a liturgy that is not the Mass, especially the liturgy of the hours, or, in the case of priests and bishops, when attending Mass without celebrating or concelebrating the Eucharist. The basic components of choir dress are: the cassock with fascia or, if the person is religious, the religious habit, the surplice (or rochet if ...

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Choir dress, Choir dress - Eastern choir dress, Choir dress - Roman Catholic choir dress, Choir dress - Anglican choir dress

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At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks' tonsures. The rest of the band followed their lead, and to complete the image, the band took to wearing a uniform - all black, sometimes in cassocks, with nooses worn as neckties. Eddie Shaw later claimed in his band autobiography Black Monk Time that the nooses were symbolic of the metaphorical nooses that all humanity wear. His explanation of the symbolism is unclear and confusing, but regardless, dressed as black monks, The Mo ...

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The Monks, The Monks - Personnel, The Monks - The Formation of The Monks, The Monks - The Monks stage garb, The Monks - The group's sound, The Monks - Discography, The Monks - Singles, The Monks - Books

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When the officers returned to Suite 603 at 2:30 a.m. on January 7, they found street maps of Manila with routes plotting the papal motorcade, a rosary, a photograph of the pontiff, bibles, crucifixes, papal confessions, and clothes similar to those worn by a priest, including robes and collars. A phone message from a tailor reminding the occupant that the cassock was ready to be tried on suggested to the senior inspector that an assassination attempt was going to be placed on the Pope. A ...

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Oplan Bojinka, Oplan Bojinka - Financing, Oplan Bojinka - Planning of Oplan Bojinka, Oplan Bojinka - Phase I, Oplan Bojinka - Pope assassination plot, Oplan Bojinka - Airline bombing plot, Oplan Bojinka - Phase II CIA plane crash plot, Oplan Bojinka - Discovery and Termination of Oplan Bojinka, Oplan Bojinka - The evidence in Room 603, Oplan Bojinka - Murad's Confession, Oplan Bojinka - Manhunt, Oplan Bojinka - The end result, Oplan Bojinka - Opinions on Oplan Bojinka in relation to September 11, Oplan Bojinka - Bibliography

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It is customary in the Western world for men to wear trousers and not skirts or dresses. However, there are exceptions, such as the Scottish kilt and the Greek tsolias, worn on ceremonial occasions, as well as robes or robe-like clothing such as the cassocks, etc. of clergy and academic robes (both rarely worn in daily use today). Based on Deuteronomy 22:5 in the Bible, some Christian adherents believe that women should not wear trousers, but only skirts and dresses. Among certain groups, saggy, baggy trousers exposing underwear are in fashion, e.g. among skaters, for whom it als ...

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Trousers, Trousers - Terminology, Trousers - Characteristics, Trousers - History, Trousers - Men's trousers, Trousers - Women's trousers, Trousers - Society, Trousers - Law

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He traditionally wears a large codpiece to advertise his virility (which everyone around him knows to be long gone) along with a mask with a long hooked nose, a tight red vest, red breeches and stockings, a black cassock, slippers and a brimless hat. In his incipient times he was know as Magnifico (see Il Magnifico) which was the title for wealthy Italian merchants. He is often cast as the parent of one of the innamorata (see Innamorati) and has some business or personal relationship with Dottore (see Il Dottor ...

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Pantalone, Pantalone - Eponymy, Pantalone - Description, Pantalone - Notes, Pantalone - Sources

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Approximately six months pass until we see Trinity again, now dressed in a longer plastic leather trenchcoat that looks remarkably similar to Neo's cassock-like trenchcoat. She joins him inside the Matrix whenever possible. Trinity and Neo have become lovers and steal moments for themselves whenever they can. After Neo meets with the Oracle and obtains information on The Keymaker; Trinity, Neo, and Morpheus successfully free the Keymaker from the imprisonment by The Merovingian, a power-hungry sentient program. Neo is forced to kiss P ...

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Trinity The Matrix, Trinity The Matrix - Finding Neo, Trinity The Matrix - In Love and War, Trinity The Matrix - Such a Thing is Not Meant to Last

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An antipope is a person who claims the Pontificate without being canonically and properly elected to it. The existence of an antipope is usually due either to doctrinal controversy within the Church, or to confusion as to who is the legitimate pope at the time (see Papal Schism). "The Black Pope" is a derogatory name given to the Superior General of the Society of Jesus due to the Jesuits' practice of wearing black cassocks (compared to the pope's always wearing white robes), and to the order's speci ...

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Pope, Pope - Office and nature, Pope - Regalia and insignia, Pope - Status and authority, Pope - Political role, Pope - Death abdication and election, Pope - Death, Pope - Abdication, Pope - Election, Pope - Objections to the Papacy, Pope - Other Popes

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Pholtus of the Blinding Light is the deity of law, order, inflexibility, resolution, light, the sun, and the moon. His alignment is Lawful Neutral, and his worshippers may be of any Lawful alignment. His symbol is a silvery sun with a crescent moon on the lower right quadrant. His colours are white, silver and gold. His home plane is Arcadia. Pholtus himself appears as a tall, slender man with pale skin, flowing white hair and bright blue eyes burning with the fires of devotion. He always wears a silky white gown and a cassock trimmed wi ...

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List of Greyhawk deities, List of Greyhawk deities - List of deities associated with humans, List of Greyhawk deities - Greater Powers, List of Greyhawk deities - Intermediate Powers, List of Greyhawk deities - Lesser Powers, List of Greyhawk deities - Demigods, List of Greyhawk deities - Hero-Gods, List of Greyhawk deities - Celestian, List of Greyhawk deities - Pholtus, List of Greyhawk deities - Deities associated with non-humans, List of Greyhawk deities - Greater Deities, List of Greyhawk deities - Intermediate Deities, List of Greyhawk deities - Lesser Deities, List of Greyhawk deities - Demi-Deities, List of Greyhawk deities - Hero-Deities

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Another source of mounting tensions in 1990 was the grumblings of the Tutsi diaspora in refugee camps ringing the nation, particularly from Uganda. Rwanda had been given independence before Uganda, and the early Tutsi outcasts saw history played out in 30 years of Uganda's history, from independence from Britain, to a fledgling democracy, and on to Idi Amin and successive military overthrows. Rwandans fought alongside Ugandans, where they had helped depose Milton Obote with Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Arm ...

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Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Background, Rwandan Genocide - Colonial history, Rwandan Genocide - Self-government, Rwandan Genocide - Other causes of the violence, Rwandan Genocide - Prelude to genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Arusha Accords, Rwandan Genocide - Preparations for the genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Initial assassinations, Rwandan Genocide - Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - UNAMIR, Rwandan Genocide - RPF renewed invasion, Rwandan Genocide - Relief efforts, Rwandan Genocide - Justice reconciliation reforms

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As though the assassination was a signal, military and militia groups began rounding up and killing all Tutsis they could capture as well as the political moderates irrespective of their ethnic backgrounds. (The movie Hotel Rwanda dramatizes this as a coded radio broadcast instructing Hutus to "cut the tall trees"). Large numbers of opposition politicians were also murdered. Many nations evacuated their nationals from Kigali and closed their embassies as violence escalated. National radio urged people to stay in their homes, and the g ...

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Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Background, Rwandan Genocide - Colonial history, Rwandan Genocide - Self-government, Rwandan Genocide - Other causes of the violence, Rwandan Genocide - Prelude to genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Arusha Accords, Rwandan Genocide - Preparations for the genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Initial assassinations, Rwandan Genocide - Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - UNAMIR, Rwandan Genocide - RPF renewed invasion, Rwandan Genocide - Relief efforts, Rwandan Genocide - Justice reconciliation reforms

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With the return of the refugees, the government began the long-awaited genocide trials, which got off to an uncertain start in the closing days of 1996 and inched forward in 1997. In 2001, the government began implementation of a participatory justice system, known as "gacaca" in order to address the enormous backlog of cases. Meanwhile, the United Nations set up the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, currently based in Arusha, Tanzania. The United Nations Tribunal has jurisdiction over high level members of the government and armed ...

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Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Background, Rwandan Genocide - Colonial history, Rwandan Genocide - Self-government, Rwandan Genocide - Other causes of the violence, Rwandan Genocide - Prelude to genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Arusha Accords, Rwandan Genocide - Preparations for the genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Initial assassinations, Rwandan Genocide - Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - UNAMIR, Rwandan Genocide - RPF renewed invasion, Rwandan Genocide - Relief efforts, Rwandan Genocide - Justice reconciliation reforms

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Rwanda is one of the few states in Africa to closely follow its ancestral borders. The Kingdom of Rwanda, controlled by a Tutsi royal family, ruled the region throughout recorded history. While the upper echelons of this society were largely Tutsi, ethnic divisions were not stark. Many Hutu were among the nobility and significant intermingling took place. The majority of the Tutsi, who made up 15-18% of the population, were poor peasants, as were most of the Hutu. ...

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Rwandan Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Background, Rwandan Genocide - Colonial history, Rwandan Genocide - Self-government, Rwandan Genocide - Other causes of the violence, Rwandan Genocide - Prelude to genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Arusha Accords, Rwandan Genocide - Preparations for the genocide, Rwandan Genocide - Initial assassinations, Rwandan Genocide - Genocide, Rwandan Genocide - UNAMIR, Rwandan Genocide - RPF renewed invasion, Rwandan Genocide - Relief efforts, Rwandan Genocide - Justice reconciliation reforms

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For the Eucharist, each vestment symbolizes a spiritual dimension of the priesthood, with roots in the very origins of the Church. In some measure these vestments harken to the Roman roots of the See of Peter. Use of the following vestments varies. Some are used by all Western Christians in liturgical traditions. Many are used only in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and there is much variation within each of those churches. Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants. < ...

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Vestment, Vestment - Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant vestments, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Protestants, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans and some Lutherans, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics and Anglicans, Vestment - Used only by Roman Catholics, Vestment - Eastern Orthodox vestments

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In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Reader (in Greek, anagnostis) is the second highest of the minor orders of clergy. This order is higher than the Doorkeeper (now largely obsolete) and lower than the subdeacon. The reader's essential role is to read the Old Testament and Epistle lessons during the Divine Liturgy and other services, as well as to chant the Psalms and the verses of certain antiphons. There is a special service for the tonsuring of a reader, although in contemporary practice an layman may receive the priest's blessing ...

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Reader minor orders, Reader minor orders - Roman Catholicism, Reader minor orders - Orthodoxy, Reader minor orders - Anglicanism

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The use of pectoral crosses has been revived in the Church of England since the Reformation. Strictly limited to bishops, the absence of legal authority has led to the use of pectoral crosses by some lower ranked clergy. In some Protestant churches, simple pectoral crosses are sometimes worn by choir members, over their robes. ...

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Pectoral cross, Pectoral cross - Roman Catholic practice, Pectoral cross - Protestant practice, Pectoral cross - Orthodox practice

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The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200. The hex triplet for the web-safe version of the color would be #CC2233. ...

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Cardinal color, Cardinal color - Other color systems

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For the Eucharist, each vestment symbolizes a spiritual dimension of the priesthood, with roots in the very origins of the Church. In some measure these vestments harken to the Roman roots of the See of Peter. Use of the following vestments varies. Some are used by all Western Christians in liturgical traditions. Many are used only in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and there is much variation within each of those churches. Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics Anglicans and Protestants. See also:

Vestment, Vestment - Roman Catholic Anglican and Protestant vestments, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics Anglicans and Protestants, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics Anglicans and some Lutherans, Vestment - Used by Roman Catholics and Anglicans, Vestment - Used only by Roman Catholics, Vestment - Eastern Orthodox vestments

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