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cassock
[ kas-uhk ]
noun
- a long, close-fitting garment worn by members of the clergy or others participating in church services.
- a lightweight, double-breasted ecclesiastical coat or jacket, worn under the Geneva gown.
- a member of the clergy.
cassock
/ ˈæə /
noun
- Christianity an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers
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Derived Forms
- ˈdz, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cassock1
1540–50; < Middle French casaque, perhaps < a Turkic word akin to the source of Cossack ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cassock1
C16: from Old French casaque, from Italian casacca a long coat, of uncertain origin
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The cardinal - in red mozzetta and cassock - is shown blessing the body of the late Pope during the rite of the declaration of death.
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Most priests traded in their cassocks for plain black shirts with Roman collars.
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The bloodstained word is painted on scarlet satin, the material of a cardinal’s cassock.
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I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.
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Six feet one and heavyset, with a slight stoop and closely cropped white hair, Moretta favors black button-down shirts or white guayaberas when not in his priestly cassock.
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