cassock
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.
Origin of cassock
1Words Nearby cassock
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How to use cassock in a sentence
The second thing he does, is he comes out not dressed in the full papal regalia but in the simple white cassock.
A Prominent Jesuit Talks About the Order’s First Pope | Abby Haglage | March 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wore a gray hermit's cloak, and beneath that a rude, dirty cassock, girt With a cord.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisSo saying, he seized the scrivener by the collar, and shook him so vehemently, that he tore it from the cassock.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottBeneath his cassock one caught sight of elaborate slippers, and he wore a large and magnificent emerald ring.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. LucasThe abb, by chance or instinct, slipped his hand within his cassock, and drew out the letter which he had just received.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
Heres a seal-ring, and I have sent for a guarded gown and a damask cassock.
British Dictionary definitions for cassock
/ (ˈkæsək) /
Christianity an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers
Origin of cassock
1Derived forms of cassock
- cassocked, adjective
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