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cas·sock
(kăs′ək)n.
An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services.
[French casaque, long military coat, from Middle French, probably originally meaning "Cossack coat" and ultimately (probably via Old Russian kozakŭ, free man, Cossack) and of Turkic origin; akin to Tatar qazaq, free man, adventurer, and Kazakh qazaq, Kazakh; see Kazakh.]
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cassock
(ˈkæsək)n
(Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity an ankle-length garment, usually black, worn by priests and choristers
[C16: from Old French casaque, from Italian casacca a long coat, of uncertain origin]
ˈcassocked adj
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cas•sock
(ˈkæs ək)n.
a long, close-fitting garment worn by clerics or other participants in church services.
[1540–50; < Middle French casaque]
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Noun | 1. | cassock - 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 |
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Translations
ثَوْبٌ كَهْنوتي
sutana
præstekjole
reverenda
prestshempa
sutana
sutana
sutana
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cassock
(ˈkӕsək) noun a long robe worn by clergymen and church choir-singers.
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