chasuble

American

[chaz-yuh-buhl, -uh-buhl, chas-] / ˈtʃæz yə bəl, -ə bəl, ˈtʃæs- /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at Mass.

chasuble British

/ ˈtʃæzjʊbəl /

noun

Christianity a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

chasubled

adjective

Etymology

Origin of chasuble

1250–1300; < French < Late Latin casubla, unexplained variant of casula hooded cloak, Latin: little house ( see casa, -ule); replacing Middle English chesible < Anglo-French < Late Latin

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