ALMUZIA. – A form of hood joined to a short cape, whose rear part was longer than the front, which in the Middle Ages constituted the choir dress of some canons. It began to be used around the year 1000, particularly in northern Europe, and was worn also by monks and nuns. It is still the choir and chapter-house insignia of the canons of some cathedrals and collegiate churches, though its form differs from the primitive and varies in different countries.
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Bibl.:** J. Braun, *Liturgische Gewandung im Occident und Orient*, Freiburg im Br. 1907, p. 335; id., *I paramenti sacri. Loro uso, storia e simbolismo*, Italian trans., Turin 1914, p. 161.