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cassock

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cas·sock  (ksk)
n. Ecclesiastical
An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services.

[French casaque, long coat, from Old French, perhaps from Italian casacca, from Persian kazhgand, padded garment : kazh, raw silk + gand, stuffed.]

cassock
Noun
an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by some Christian priests [Italian casacca a long coat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cassockcassock - a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers
soutane - a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests
vestment - gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy
Translations
cassock [ˈkæsək] nsotana

cassock
n cassock [ˈkӕsək]
a long robe worn by clergymen and church choir-singers. toga, soetane ثَوْبٌ كَهْنوتي расо sutana præstekjole die Soutane ράσο sotana sutaan جامۀ بلند؛ رداع kasukka soutane גְלִימָה לְכנֶסִייָה चोगा sutana, reverenda reverenda jubah prestshempa tonaca 聖職者の平服 성직자·성가대의 긴 겉옷 sutana sutana kasok soutane prestekjole sutanna sotaina sutană ряса sutana sutana mantija prästrock, kaftan เสื้อคลุมยาวของบาทหลวง cübbe 教士穿的黑色長袍,袈裟 ряса, сутана پادریوں کا لباس áo thầy tu 教士穿黑色袍,袈裟


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And he threw back the folds of his cassock and smiled as he looked at his thin legs in their underclothing.
I never had a vocation for the bands; my cassock is fastened by one button only, and I am always ready to become a musketeer once more.
Josiah Graves thereupon resigned all his offices, and that very evening sent to the church for his cassock and surplice.
 
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