Parament

Paraments or Parements (from Late Latin paramentum, adornment, parare, to prepare, equip) are the hangings or ornaments of a room of state. Paraments include the liturgical hangings on and around the altar, as well as the cloths hanging from the pulpit and lectern, as well as the ecclesiastical vestments, humeral veils and mitres, and altar cloths.

Chalice veil with bursa and maniple in the liturgical colour red

In most Christian churches using paraments (including Roman Catholic and a wide variety of Protestant denominations), the liturgical paraments change in color depending on the season of the church year.

  • Advent - purple (or in some traditions, blue)
  • Christmas - white
  • Lent - purple
  • Easter - white
  • Pentecost, Good Friday and the feasts of martyrs - red
  • Ordinary time - green
  • All Souls' Day, Requiem Masses - black (optionally purple)

See also

Sources
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Parament". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


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