ecclesiastical attire

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ecclesiastical attire - attire that is appropriate to wear in a church

ecclesiastical robe

attire, garb, dress - clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"

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It is one of stark contrast: a young, vibrant, smiling black couple, stylishly dressed in black, holding the most powerful political position in the world, and between them a small, elderly white man, also smiling, dressed in white medieval ecclesiastical attire, holding the most powerful spiritual position in the world.