cassock
Americannoun
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a long, close-fitting garment worn by members of the clergy or others participating in church services.
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a lightweight, double-breasted ecclesiastical coat or jacket, worn under the Geneva gown.
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a member of the clergy.
noun
Other Word Forms
- cassocked adjective
Etymology
Origin of cassock
1540–50; < Middle French casaque, perhaps < a Turkic word akin to the source of Cossack ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Although Leo is more inscrutable than Francis, Catholics are beginning to get a better sense of the man beneath the cassock.
The cardinal - in red mozzetta and cassock - is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration of death.
From BBC
Most priests traded in their cassocks for plain black shirts with Roman collars.
From Seattle Times
The bloodstained word is painted on scarlet satin, the material of a cardinal’s cassock.
From Los Angeles Times
I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.
From Scientific American
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