soutane
a cassock.
Origin of soutane
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How to use soutane in a sentence
He turned about again and beckoned to the tall young man in the black soutane.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettThe utmost respect has been paid to the priests; they have never ceased a moment to go abroad en soutane.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847 | T. W. (Thomas William) AlliesThe Father-General dispenses such members from the priesthood and from wearing the soutane.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. CampbellYou'd have been a grand fellow in a long black soutane, with little buttons down to the feet, and a skull-cap on your head.
A Rent In A Cloud | Charles James LeverThey found him alighting from his mule, with soutane rolled up to the waist, showing a prodigious breadth of pea-green trousers.
The Woodlands Orchids | Frederick Boyle
British Dictionary definitions for soutane
/ (suːˈtæn) /
RC Church a priest's cassock
Origin of soutane
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