soutane

[ soo-tahn ]

/ suˈtɑn /

noun Ecclesiastical.

a cassock.

Words nearby soutane

soused, souslik, sousse, soustelle, soutache, soutane, soutenu, souter, souterrain, south, south africa

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

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Examples from the Web for soutane

With these sentiments Monsignor Pamphilio slipped the work under his soutane.
The Library|Andrew Lang
Let us change robes—give me that "soutane," and put on the blouse.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune|Charles James Lever
Within the doorway, the Abbe fumbled in the pocket of his soutane and rattled a box of matches.
The Last Hope|Henry Seton Merriman
Let us change robes; give me that 'soutane,' and put on the blouse.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various

A "Brother," in a soutane, was going about from pillar to pillar, lighting the gas.
Saturday's Child|Kathleen Norris

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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