tunic

Everyday

A tunic is a loose piece of clothing, like a long shirt, that reaches to the hips or knees and is worn over other clothes. tree →

In the lessons

a garment in stories and history lessons; a soldier or a servant wears a tunic; in lessons it names old clothing from long ago

Examples

• She took the tunic and put it on. tree →
• A man in a red tunic met him on the road. tree →
• The soldiers wore grey tunics and leather belts. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, the tunic is one of the priests' special garments, made of fine linen for Aaron and his sons to wear when serving.

Interpretation. Tradition sees the priestly garments as giving the priests honor and beauty, and some teachers say the tunic helps make atonement for sins such as bloodshed.

Examples

• And thou shalt bring his sons, and put tunics upon them. (Torah EXO.29.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• And they made the tunics of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (Torah EXO.39.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• So they drew near, and carried them in their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had said. (Torah LEV.10.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics. (Writings NEH.7.70, JPS 1917) tree →
• And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' tunics. (Writings NEH.7.72, JPS 1917) tree →
• Then these men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics, and their robes, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. (Writings DAN.3.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths