cassock
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French casaque (“cloak”).
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Noun edit
cassock (plural cassocks)
- An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: soutane
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
- In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.
- (obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. [16th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. [16th–17th c.]
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item of clerical clothing
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