Chartophylax, Chr. A man who had charge of the charters of a church.
Chasing. (See Cælatura.)
Chasse, Chr., Fr. A reliquary in the form of a box with a ridged top.
Chastelain, O. E. The lord of a castle.
Chastons, O. E. Breeches of mail; 13th to 16th century.
Fig. 155. Chasuble.
Chasuble (Lat. casula, a cottage). Part of ancient ecclesiastical costume common to all the Roman Catholic clergy, from the priest to the Archbishop. It was originally made of wool, and in one piece throughout, without sleeves, and without slit or opening in front, and perfectly circular; but the shape varied with the material; and from the 6th century downwards we hear of chasubles of brilliant colour and costly materials, such as silk or thickly-embroidered cloth of gold, and oval in form, hanging no longer in graceful folds as in the 11th century. The engraving (Fig. [155]) shows a chasuble of the year 1387. (Compare Pænula, Planeta.)
Chatai, Hindoo. Mats, a common manufacture all over India. Those of Midnapore, near Calcutta, are remarkable for their fineness and classical design of the mosaic, like patterns of stained glass.
Chat-faux, Med. A wooden shed—modern scaffold. (See Cagasuptus.)