soutane

[ soo-tahn ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

1. a cassock.

soutane

/ suːˈtæn /

noun

1. RC Church a priest's cassock

Word History and Origins

Origin of soutane¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soutane¹

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

Example Sentences

He turned about again and beckoned to the tall young man in the black soutane.

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The utmost respect has been paid to the priests; they have never ceased a moment to go abroad en soutane.

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The Father-General dispenses such members from the priesthood and from wearing the soutane.

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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.

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They found him alighting from his mule, with soutane rolled up to the waist, showing a prodigious breadth of pea-green trousers.

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