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Definition of Cassock
1. Noun. A black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers.
Definition of Cassock
1. n. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.
Definition of Cassock
1. Noun. (obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. (defdate 16th-17th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. (defdate 16th-17th c.) ¹
3. Noun. An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cassock
1. a long garment worn by clergymen [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassock
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Literary usage of Cassock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Costume of Prelates of the Catholic Church: According to Roman Etiquette by John Abel Nainfa (1909)
"Choir cassock. The cassock (or Soutane, Vestis, Vestis talaris, ... legislating upon
ecclesiastical attire, prescribe that the cassock is to be worn by all ..."
2. The Brasses of England by Herbert Walter Macklin (1907)
"D., Provost of Eton ; his mantle is worn over a furred cassock, and is fastened by a
... The cassock has been mentioned as the first of the choir vestments. ..."
3. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses by Herbert Druitt (1906)
"... be convenient to mention a garment, by no means confined to the Processional
Vestments proper, but worn by clergy as an ordinary course. The cassock ..."
4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1888)
"218).a The white cassock w:is gathered round the body with a Birdie of needlework,
into which, as in Ihe more gorgeous belt of the ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... bequest to Bailey of a gown of brown blue lined and faced with black budge,
a cassock of black satin, his best plaister-box, a silver salva- tory box, ..."
6. The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed by John Whitaker (1804)
"Nor can I refrain from expressing my wish, at the close, that the cassock, long
or short, the caracal-la, as used short by the ..."
7. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1879)
"Parson Adams, in 1742, is mentioned as wearing the cassock, and Addison, in the
Spectator, more minutely speaks in 1714 of the clergy “equipped with a gown ..."
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