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the coat lined with white silk and the skirt with black silk. Steel
buttons. Waistcoat of white satin or black silk velvet. Breeches of
black silk velvet, black silk hose, patent leather shoes, steel buckled;
white bow necktie, white gloves, sword, black beaver or silk cocked hat.
The velvet Court dress, old style, is very similar to the foregoing,
with the addition of a black silk wig-bag at the back of the neck, and
lace frills and ruffles. The cloth Court dress consists of a coat of
dark mulberry, claret, or green cloth with black silk linings, gold
embroidery on collar, cuffs, and pocket flaps, gilt buttons with
Imperial Crown; waistcoat of white corded silk or white Marcella;
breeches of cloth, colour of coat; black silk hose, patent leather
shoes, sword, white bow necktie, white gloves, black beaver or silk
cocked hat.

Levee dress is identical with the foregoing except that trousers--with a
row of narrow gold lace down the side seams--are worn, and not
breeches. Military patent leather boots.

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=Archbishops and Bishops= at Levees and Courts wear Convocation robes,
viz. scarlet cloth chimere, without hood; purple cassock and sash, lawn
rochet with sleeves, white cambric bands, black silk scarf, black
breeches, silver knee buckles, black silk stockings, shoes with silver
buckles; purple or black velvet square soft cap to be carried. At
Evening State Functions and Full Dress Dinners they wear a purple cloth
Court coat over a short cassock or apron, sash of purple silk, black
breeches, black silk stockings, shoes with silver buckles; black corded
silk three-cornered hat to be carried.

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=Deans and Archdeacons= at Evening State Functions wear the same dress
as bishops except that the coat and short cassock are black. Doctors of
Divinity at Levees and Courts wear the scarlet cloth robe of their
University, without hood.

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=Clergy if not Doctors of Divinity= at Levees and Courts wear full
canonicals, that is, a black silk Geneva gown, double-breasted; black
silk long cassock and sash, scarf and white lawn bands, black breeches,
silver knee buckles, black silk stockings, shoes with silver buckles,
black corded silk three-cornered hat. At Full Dress Dinners and Evening
State Parties when canonicals are not worn, they wear a black cloth
Court coat, cassock, waistcoat of black corded silk, bl