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A cincture is part of the liturgical vestments worn by clergy, around or slightly above the waist. It's a long rope, often with knotted ends, or with tassels. When clergy are wearing an alb, the cincture is worn outside. The colour may change, depending upon seasonal colours. In Catholicism, the cincture of a bishop is made with intertwining threads of green and gold, where a Cardinal's has red and gold. The Pope would wear a Cincture of gold and white.
In a few Anglican Churches, as well as in Lutheran and Methodist Churches, it can also be referred to as a girdle. In almost all Protestant Churches using vestments, it's referred to as a girdle.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoA type of ecclesiastical vestment worn by certain members of the clergy, such as deacons, priests and bishops. To Catholics, it's a rope cord tied about the waist, to hold their robes and sashes in place. To Protestants, it's a type of sash worn on the upper half of the body.
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∙ 12y agoIf you ever tried to walk up a set of stairs in a floor length cassock without a cincture, you would realize immediately - from your position on the floor - that a cincture is to hold in your cassock at the waist. It allows you to walk up stairs without holding your skirt up like a girl.
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What is the rope worn around a Catholic nun's waist called?
It is called a cincture.
What is the cord used to tie the alb?
That is called a "cincture".
What is the belt of the monk called?
It's called a cincture
What is a purpose of a cincture?
If you ever tried to walk up a set of stairs in a floor length cassock without a cincture, you would realize immediately - from your position on the floor - that a cincture is to hold in your cassock at the waist. It allows you to walk up stairs without holding your skirt up like a girl.
What is the purpose of cincture?
If you ever tried to walk up a set of stairs in a floor length cassock without a cincture, you would realize immediately - from your position on the floor - that a cincture is to hold in your cassock at the waist. It allows you to walk up stairs without holding your skirt up like a girl.
WHAT Catholic priests wear purple sash?
A Catholic priest who has been designated as a Monsignor wears a purple cincture.
What do Augustinian monks wear?
There are no Augustinian monks, Augustinians are Friars. They were a long black robe with a black shoulder cape (called a capuce) and a rope cincture.
What is the name of the special belt worn by Catholic priests?
You may be referring to the cincture, a liturgical vestment worn encircling the body around or above the waist.The cincture is a long, rope-like cord with tassled or knotted ends, tied around the waist outside the alb. The colour may be white, or may vary according to the colour of the liturgical season.When the cincture is tied in the front and the ends draped on either side, it is called a Roman Knot. Besides its functional role in securing the alb and stole, the cincture bears a symbolic role, signifying chastity and purity.The Vesting Prayer recited by the priest as he wears the cincture is as follows:"Gird me, O Lord, with the cincture of purity, and quench in my heart the fire of concupiscence, that the virtue of continence and chastity may abide in me."On the other hand, if you refer to that which the priest wears around the back of the neck, then you mean the stole, the vestment that marks recipients of Holy Orders.The stole is a liturgical vestment consisting of a band of colored cloth about seven and a half to nine feet long and three to four inches wide, whose ends may be straight or may broaden out. The center of the stole is worn around the back of the neck and the two ends are on the front, parallel or crossed over the breast.The corresponding Vesting Prayer would be:"Lord, restore the stole of immortality, which I lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain eternal joy."
What are the knots in a Franciscan Friar's belt for?
Roman Catholic AnswerThere are three knots in a Friar's cincture (the rope that they use for a belt), they represent their three vows, or promises, of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
What are the vessels and vestments used in liturgical celebrations?
Vessels include: chalice, ciborium, cruets, finger basin, altar cloths, paten, pall, burse; vestments would include (for the priest) alb, amice, cincture, stole, maniple, chasuble.
What are the names of all the pieces of the Church vestment of a Bishop?
.Catholic AnswerFor Mass the Bishop wears the same thing that a priest does: alb, stole, cincture, chausable. The only thing different on a Bishop, he would be wearing a pectoral cross, a zuchetto and a miter.
Why do altar servers wear different colored Cincture at different times?
In the Archconfraternity of St. Stephen (St. Stephen is the patron Saint for altar servers) The different cords represent the experience the server has. After one year the Server will get a red. after 6 they get a blue and after 10 they get a Yellow cord
