Regulations for the use of vestments in the Anglican Church, particularly of the surplice and cope at the communion service, drawn up by Archbishop Parker and others, and published in 1556. The surplice was to be worn in churches, the cope in cathedrals. To this the Reformers objected and the dissensions consequent occasioned the breach between Nonconformists and The Church of England.
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