Amongst the instructions printed on this card are those regulating the dress to be worn on such occasion: for priests the cassock with a large black mantle (ferraiolone), such as Roman secular priests wear; for lay men, evening dress with white cravat; for ladies, a black dress with black lace veil on the head. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne] Reference
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