Religious habit
Distinctive clothing worn by members of a religious order
Religious habit
A religious habit is a distinctive set of clothing worn by members of a religious order or a religious congregation. Traditionally, some plain garb recognizable as a religious habit has also been worn by those leading the hermits and anchorites, although in their case without conformity to a particular uniform style. Uniformity and distinctiveness by order or congregation often evolved and changed over time. Interpretation of terms for clothes in religious rules could change over centuries. Furthermore, every time new communities gained importance in a cultural area the need for visual separation increased for new as well as old communities. Thus, modern habits are rooted in historic forms, but do not necessarily resemble them in cut, color, material, detail or use. In monastic orders of the Catholic and Anglican churches, the habit often consists of a tunic covered by a scapular and a cowl, with a hood for monks or friars and a veil for nuns. Canon Law requires only that the garb of their...
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