soutane

[ soo-tahn ]

/ suˈtɑn /

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noun Ecclesiastical.

a cassock.

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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

Words nearby soutane

Sousse, sous-sous, Soustelle, sous vide, soutache, soutane, soutenu, souter, souterrain, south, South Africa

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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) Crockett
The 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) Allies
The Father-General dispenses such members from the priesthood and from wearing the soutane.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921|Thomas J. Campbell
You'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 Lever

They 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

soutane

/ (suːˈtæn) /

noun

RC Church a priest's cassock

Word Origin for soutane

C19: from French, from Old Italian sottana, from Medieval Latin subtanus (adj) (worn) beneath, from Latin subtus below

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