Cassock definition

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An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services.
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A long, closefitting vestment, generally black, worn as an outer garment or under the surplice by members of the clergy, choristers, etc.
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An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]
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Singular:
cassock
Plural:
cassocks

Origin of cassock

  • French casaque long coat from Old French perhaps from Italian casacca from Persian kazhāgand padded garment kazh raw silk āgand stuffed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French casaque (“cloak”).

    From Wiktionary

Cassock Sentence Examples

  • The cassock, which must always be worn under the vestments, is not itself a liturgical garment.

  • He wears all these vestments only at the celebration of the eucharist and on other very solemn occasions; at other ministrations he wears only the epitrachelion and phainolion over his cassock.

  • As an ecclesiastical term the word "cassock" came into use somewhat late (as a translation of the old names of subtanea, vestis talaris, toga talaris, or tunica talaris), being mentioned in canon 74 of 1604; and it is in this sense alone that it now survives.

  • The cassock, though part of the canonical costume of the clergy, is not a liturgical vestment.

  • In winter the cassock was often lined with furs varying in costliness with the rank of the wearer, and its colour also varied in the middle ages with his ecclesiastical or academic status.

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