chas·u·ble

(chăz′ə-bəl, chăzh′ə-, chăs′ə-)

A long sleeveless vestment worn over the alb by a celebrant during religious services.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin casubla, hooded cloak, from alteration of casula : Greek kassos, thick and rough garment (of Semitic origin ; akin to Akkadian kusītu, garb, and Hebrew kəsût, covering) + Latin -ula, feminine diminutive suffix.]

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chasuble

(ˈtʃæzjʊbəl)

(Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass

[C13: from French, from Late Latin casubla garment with a hood, apparently from casula cloak, literally: little house, from Latin casa cottage]

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chas•u•ble

(ˈtʃæz yə bəl, -ə bəl, ˈtʃæs-)

n.

a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the celebrant at mass.

[1250–1300; Middle English chesible < Anglo-French < Late Latin casubla, unexplained variant of casula hooded cloak]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

chasuble - a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass

vestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy

Translations

casulla

риза

chasuble

[ˈtʃæzjʊbl] N → casulla f

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chasuble

n → Messgewand nt, → Kasel f

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chasuble

[ˈtʃæzjʊb/əl] n → casula

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le Cure, attired in his handsome chasuble and walking under a canopy of red velvet supported by four men.

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Two lackeys of the official torturer bathed the bleeding shoulders of the patient, anointed them with some unguent which immediately closed all the wounds, and threw upon his back a sort of yellow vestment, in cut like a chasuble. In the meanwhile, Pierrat Torterue allowed the thongs, red and gorged with blood, to drip upon the pavement.

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Having freed his short plump hands from beneath his chasuble he had folded them over his fat body and protruding stomach, and fingering the cords of his vestments was smilingly saying something to a military man in the uniform of a general of the Imperial suite, with its insignia and shoulder-knots which Father Sergius's experienced eye at once recognized.

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He had chasubles, also, of amber-coloured silk, and blue silk and gold brocade, and yellow silk damask and cloth of gold, figured with representations of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ, and embroidered with lions and peacocks and other emblems; dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis; altar frontals of crimson velvet and blue linen; and many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria.

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The congregation would see gold-embroidered chasuble and altar frontal and on the altar itself, tabernacle, candlesticks, altar tablets, and ramilletes (simulated bouquets).The Immaculate Conception, the festejada image of Intramuros' December Grand Marian Procession, is on one of the altars.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Part 3)

I acquainted myself with the different types of church vestments, and I liked the chasuble because it's simple and I needed something quite plain; not too many folds, pleats and complications.

A world to come

Jack Thompson's Rev Canon Chasuble avoids the pitfall by a narrow margin, but Karen Elliott is a delightfully restrained Lady B.

The only place where a hint of simpler or more otherworldly spirituality seems to enter is in a chasuble designed in 1950 by Matisse, in which green cacti complement crucifixes.

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Ignatius of Loyola; to the magnificent embroidered chasuble of the Gesu's great benefactor, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese.

The Holy Name: Art of the Gesu Bernini and His Age

Much of what they sold was modern lace, but they also uncovered antique lace for re-sale such as 17th century Italian chasuble - a sleeveless garment like a choirboy's surplice worn by a priest when celebrating Mass - which they sold to the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1870.

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In addition to the bust, which left the Gesu for the first time for Fairfield's show, a chasuble of the Gesu's benefactor Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, a bronze statuette of St.

Fairfield University marks its founding with Gesu exhibit