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Encyclopedia > Ceremonial dress

Ceremonial dress is the clothing worn for very special occasions, such as coronations, graduations, parades, religious rites, and trials. In the hierarchy of dress codes, ceremonial dress is the most formal, and offers almost no room for personal expression. Examples of ceremonial dress include: (See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans nearly universally wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments, or attire) on the body. ... A hierarchy (in Greek: Ιεραρχία, it is derived from ιερός-hieros, sacred, and άρχω-arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people. ... Formal - relating to form. ...

  • the ermine lined cloak, crown and scepter of a king or queen
  • the full dress uniforms of military officers
  • the traditional white dress once worn by brides and then never worn after the wedding. Recently, many brides choose a gown which can be worn again at other formal events
  • the liturgical robes of many religions
  • the gown and mortarboard hat of academic ceremonies (Don's caps are also worn by some professors)
  • the robe and wig worn by British judges

See also: The ermine (Mustela erminea) is a dark brown weasel, with a distinctive black-tipped tail. ... Crown names several entities associated with monarchy: A crown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities etcetera. ... A sceptre or scepter is an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... Graduation portrait of Linus Pauling, 1922 A mortarboard is an item of academic headgear consisting of a horizontal square board fixed upon a skull-cap, with a tassel attached to the centre. ... WIG, originally an acronym for Warszawski Indeks Giełdowy (Warsaw Stock Exchange Index) is the oldest index for the Warsaw Stock Exchange. ...


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Court dress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1358 words)
Court dress is worn at hearings in open court in all courts of the Supreme Court of Judicature and in county courts.
Court dress is not worn at hearings in chambers and in the magistrates' courts.
Court dress in Hong Kong is practically the same as English court dress under the auspices of the one country, two systems arrangement after 1997 when China resumed sovereignty on the ex-colony.
RELIGIOUS DRESS (2192 words)
CEREMONIAL DRESS OF THE PRINCIPAL ARCHBISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS
Description : Their ceremonial dress consists of a full form and a simple form as with the Cardinals, but on the chest and the back of their full form of dress is embroidered the “Divine Eye” surrounded by a mystic Circle.
The simple form of dress is like the full form, but the headdress is a turban like the one worn by the Cardinals, in a different colour depending on the powers of each Prelate.
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