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cassock

[ kas-uhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long, close-fitting garment worn by members of the clergy or others participating in church services.
a lightweight, double-breasted ecclesiastical coat or jacket, worn under the Geneva gown.
a member of the clergy.

cassock

/ ˈkæsək /

Christianity an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers

Origin of cassock¹

1540–50; < Middle French casaque, perhaps < a Turkic word akin to the source of Cossack ( def )

Origin of cassock¹

C16: from Old French casaque, from Italian casacca a long coat, of uncertain origin

The second thing he does, is he comes out not dressed in the full papal regalia but in the simple white cassock.

He wore a gray hermit's cloak, and beneath that a rude, dirty cassock, girt With a cord.

So saying, he seized the scrivener by the collar, and shook him so vehemently, that he tore it from the cassock.

Beneath his cassock one caught sight of elaborate slippers, and he wore a large and magnificent emerald ring.

The abb, by chance or instinct, slipped his hand within his cassock, and drew out the letter which he had just received.

Heres a seal-ring, and I have sent for a guarded gown and a damask cassock.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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