A loose sleeveless robe or vestment worn by bishops and other clergy over other garments.
From Old French 'chamarre' or related medieval terms, possibly influenced by Spanish 'chimar'; used in ecclesiastical contexts from the medieval period onward.
Bishops' chimeres were status symbols—the fabric quality and decorations showed rank and wealth, and they were worn ceremonially to distinguish the wearer's authority in the church hierarchy.
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