tunicle /ˈtjuːnɪkəl/ noun3 •A vestment worn by a subdeacon at celebrations of the Eucharist.He longed for the minor sacred offices, to be vested with the tunicle of subdeacon at high mass […]. — 1916 •A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin. •(no longer used) A small tunic. formstunicles