Editing Apron (section)

===Clerical garment===
The term ''apron'' also refers to an item of [[clerical clothing]], now largely obsolete, worn by [[Anglican]] bishops and [[archdeacon]]s. The clerical apron resembles a short [[cassock]] reaching just above the knee, and is colored black for archdeacons and purple for bishops. The apron is worn with black [[breeches]], reaching to just below the knee, and knee-length [[gaiters]]. The history behind the vesture is that it symbolically represents the mobility of bishops and archdeacons, who at one time would ride horses to visit various parts of a [[diocese]] or archdeaconry. In this sense, the apparel was much more practical than a clerical cassock would be. In latter years, this vesture was more symbolic than practical, and since the mid-twentieth century it has fallen out of favor.