soutane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soutane
1830–40; < French < Italian sottana, feminine of sottano placed below, equivalent to sott ( o ) below (< Latin subtus ) + -ano -an; form of the French word influenced by sous under
Example Sentences
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A young lean priest in a discolored soutane came up to the car.
From Literature
A delegation of cardinals and bishops, in their cream and white tropical soutanes, then greeted the royals.
From New York Times
The 1957-58 shirtwaist of shot-silk—bronze roses on black—has a tight bodice that buttons up like a bishop’s soutane and a skirt that flares out from a crow’s murder of small tucks.
The Pushkin fairy-tale murals wrap around the dining room — kings and clergymen, surplice and soutane and ladies in waiting.
From Seattle Times
He bounded up the few stairs to the verandah, holding his soutane up like a bride holding a wedding dress.
From Literature
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