chasuble

[ chaz-yuh-buh l, -uh-buh l, chas- ]

/ ˈtʃæz yə bəl, -ə bəl, ˈtʃæs- /

noun Ecclesiastical.

a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at Mass.

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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

Related formschas·u·bled, adjective

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Examples from the Web for chasuble

When worn by the priest, he forms the male element, and with the chasuble completes the sacred four.
The Christ|John Eleazer Remsburg
I am in such a condition that I have not even a chasuble in which to say the ordinary mass.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898|E. H. Blair
But, whatsoe'er they do or say, I'll build a Christian's hope On incense and on altar-lights, on chasuble and cope.
East and West: Poems|Bret Harte
It results from removing the chasuble and expanding the alb.
Rites and Ritual|Philip Freeman

Upon the chasuble La Teuse next laid out the stole, the maniple, the girdle, alb and amice.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression|Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for chasuble

chasuble

/ (ˈtʃæzjʊbəl) /

noun

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

Word Origin for chasuble

C13: from French, from Late Latin casubla garment with a hood, apparently from casula cloak, literally: little house, from Latin casa cottage

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Word Origin and History for chasuble

chasuble

ecclesiastical vestment, c.1300, cheisible, from Old French chesible (12c., Modern French chasuble), from Medieval Latin casubla, from Late Latin *casubula, unexplained alteration of Latin casula "a little hut," diminutive of casa "cottage, house" (see casino), used by c.400 in transferred sense of "outer garment." From the notion that hooded garments resembled or suggested little houses. The English form conformed to French from c.1600.