rhason

English

Noun

rhason (plural rhasons)

1. The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.
   • The inner rhason corresponds to the cassock and, like it, is used by the secular clergy. The outer rhason, a wide-sleeved garment, is black in the Greek Church but variable in colour in the Russian Church among the secular clergy (i.e., those who minister in parishes). Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition.

See also

• alb
• cassock
• epigonation
• epimanikion
• epitrachelion
• maniple
• mitre
• omophorion
• sakkos
• sticharion
• zone

Anagrams

• Sharon