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soutane
[ soo-tahn ]
noun
Ecclesiastical.
- a cassock.
soutane
/ ²õ³ÜËˈ³Ùæ²Ô /
noun
- RC Church a priest's cassock
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of soutane1
C19: from French, from Old Italian sottana, from Medieval Latin subtanus (adj) (worn) beneath, from Latin subtus below
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A young lean priest in a discolored soutane came up to the car.
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A delegation of cardinals and bishops, in their cream and white tropical soutanes, then greeted the royals.
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The 1957-58 shirtwaist of shot-silk—bronze roses on black—has a tight bodice that buttons up like a bishop’s soutane and a skirt that flares out from a crow’s murder of small tucks.
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The Pushkin fairy-tale murals wrap around the dining room — kings and clergymen, surplice and soutane and ladies in waiting.
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He bounded up the few stairs to the verandah, holding his soutane up like a bride holding a wedding dress.
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