Rochet

The Rochett (from Old High German roccus "Rock ") is a reaching to the knees, folded and sometimes ornate, white linen robe. During the past often worn under a collar in the liturgical color Rochett days as a collarless shirt handed to the neck, where it was held together with a button, it has now often a square head cutout in which the gown will be visible. The edges on the sleeves and at the bottom are partly or provided richly embroidered with lace.

The rochet is to be distinguished from the surplice. As a tight-fitting shirt is the rochet only prelates, or about bishops and cardinals, are reserved. In German, however, the surplices of the altar boys are often called Rochett or surplice. A rarely used technical term is Superpelliceum, that is, a garment that was worn "above the fur ." It is sometimes in the Lutheran ( Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church ) worship worn by the priest over the cassock.

A further development of rochets represents the Sarrozium

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