orphrey in English
noun
1
an ornamental stripe or border, especially one on an ecclesiastical vestment such as a chasuble.
Saints embroidered in metallic and silk threads decorate the orphrey , the ornamental band along the top of the cope as pictured here.
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1. Chasubles The Cromo Chasuble Collection is a lightweight Chasuble with an orphrey and image both in front and back
2. This shape is the so-called Gothic Chasuble. The Gothic style was decorated with a Y shaped orphrey cross in the back and a …