Simar

English: The simar is a Roman Catholic garment reserved for the hierarchy and is considered a garment of jurisdiction. It is not a garment of ordinary clerics but reserved to bishops. It is similar in design to a plain cassock, but has a shoulder cape.

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  Papal simar with double half-sleeves (without the sash)
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  Benedict XVI in his white simar with sash
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  Simar as worn by cardinals
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  White simar with colored piping appropriate to the wearer's rank permitted bishops in tropical regions by papal indult.
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  Simar of bishops
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