rhason

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ῥάσον (rháson), compare Greek ράσο (ráso).

Noun

rhason (plural rhasons)

1. The clerical garb worn in the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.
   • 1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition:

     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).

Coordinate terms

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

Anagrams

• Ahrons, Horans, Roshan, SHORAN, Sharon