Religious dress - Later Styles, Customs, & Practices

religious dress

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Introduction
Types of dress and vestments in Western religions
- Judaism
  - Early sacerdotal dress
  - Later religious dress
- Christianity
  - Roman Catholic religious dress
  - Eastern Orthodox religious dress
  - Protestant religious dress
  - Changes in religious dress and vestments since the 20th century
- Islam
Types of dress and vestments in Eastern religions
- Indian religions
- Buddhism
- Chinese religions
- Japanese religions

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Later religious dress of Judaism after the destruction of the Temple in 70 ce reflects usages that predate that event but were continued in Judaism at the synagogue. Included among such garments are tefillin (phylacteries) and tzitzit (fringes), which have certain features in common. The name phylacteries is sometimes thought to point to a prophylactic origin, but the term is actually a translation of the Hebrew word for “frontlets” (ṭoṭafot). Phylacteries are worn in obedience to the commandment found in Deuteronomy (11:18) and Exodus (13:9, 16): “And you shall bind [the words of God] as a sign upon your hand, ...(100 of 7076 words)

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