Plural of cotta; plural of a Roman or ecclesiastical garment, specifically a short vestment or tunic.
From Latin 'cotta,' possibly from Germanic 'kot' or related to medieval protective garments. The term appears in ecclesiastical and historical contexts.
The cotta bridges worlds—it's both a Roman military garment and a church vestment, showing how institutional uniforms and religious dress inherited styles and terminology from earlier military hierarchies.
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