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cassock

[ kas-uhk ]

noun

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


cassock

/ ˈ°ìæ²õÉ™°ì /

noun

  1. Christianity an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦²¹²õ²õ´Ç³¦°ì±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cassock1

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

Origin of cassock1

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

Most priests traded in their cassocks for plain black shirts with Roman collars.

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The bloodstained word is painted on scarlet satin, the material of a cardinal’s cassock.

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I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.

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Six feet one and heavyset, with a slight stoop and closely cropped white hair, Moretta favors black button-down shirts or white guayaberas when not in his priestly cassock.

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At Thursday’s basilica Mass, dozens of rows of priests in simple white cassocks sat in front of rank-and-file Catholics in the packed church.

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