Definition of Kaftan

1. Noun. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.

Exact synonyms: Caftan
Generic synonyms: Dress, Frock

2. Noun. A (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant.
Exact synonyms: Caftan
Generic synonyms: Cloak

Definition of Kaftan

1. n & v. See Caftan.

Definition of Kaftan

1. Noun. A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. ¹

2. Noun. A long dress or shirt similar in style to those worn in the Eastern Mediterranean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kaftan

1. caftan [n -S] - See also: caftan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaftan

kafila
kafilah
kafilahs
kafilas
kafindo
kafir
kafir corn
kafirin
kafirins
kafirs
kafkaesque
kaflooey
kafs
kafta
kafta kebab
kaftan (current term)
kaftans
kagan
kaganate
kaganates
kage
kago
kagok
kagome
kagool
kagools
kagos
kagoul
kagoule
kagoules

Literary usage of Kaftan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Christian View of God and the World as Centring in the Incarnation by James Orr (1893)
"84-1OO.2 kaftan is equally explicit. " The question is reasonable," kaftan on the he says, " how we are led to strive after a highest knowledge. same' . ..."

2. Princeton Theological Review by Princeton Theological Seminary (1910)
"A similar demand was given expression in the same year by Theodor kaftan in his book Vier Kapitel von der Landeskirche, though kaftan gave it the name of ..."

3. The Ritschlian Theology and the Evangelical Faith by James Orr (1897)
"... Schultz, etc., on the " Godhead " of Christ— Idea of Revelation in Christ—Agreements and Differences on Doctrines of Sin and Salvation—kaftan on Sin and ..."

4. The Ritschlian Theology, Critical and Constructive: An Exposition and an by Alfred Ernest Garvie (1899)
"kaftan, however, goes beyond Herrmann even in not only acknowledging an element of truth in mysticism, but in also using the term mystical to express an ..."

5. History of German Theology in the Nineteenth Century by Frédéric Auguste Lichtenberger (1889)
"JULIUS kaftan is a leading representative of the Neo- Kantian school.1 Born at Apenrade in Schleswig-Holstein in 1848, he was appointed Professor at Bale in ..."

6. The Thinker: A Review of World-wide Christian Thought (1892)
"Prof. Orr. In this and following paper our readers will have an opportunity of studying the other side of the question. Prof. kaftan is the successor of Dr. ..."

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