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14 Christianity and/or Biblical vocabulary words
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cassock
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synonyms: simar, soutaine ???
tags: [christianity] [fashion]
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Definition:a long robe worn by the clergy of some Christian denominations
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Uses:
Just then, Bobby Bracken glided into the sacristy, a cassock, encased in a plastic cleaning bag, slung over his shoulder.
John R. Powers. The Last Catholic in America. p.155 (1973)
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There are three new bodies on the Wall. One is a priest, still wearing the black cassock.
Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
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And we shall go in our frenche hoodes euery day,
In our hike cassocks (I warrant you) freshe and gay,
In our tricke serdegews and billiments of golde,
Nicholas Udall. Roister Doister.
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he managed to escape to Curaçao disguised in the garment he detested most in this world: a cassock.
Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.106 (1970)
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the silver of the lusters and candlesticks, and the stones of the floor, and the rugs, and the banners above in the choir, and the steps of the altar, and the old blackened books, and the cassocks and surplices— all were flooded with light.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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