soutane

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests

Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, from Latin subtana, from subtus (“below, beneath”), from sub (“under”).

"Dieu veuille avoir son ame!" The left sleeve of Monseigneur's decidedly rusty serge soutane bore the well-known brassard. — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan
He produced four candle-butts from the sidepockets of his soutane and placed them deftly among the coals and twisted papers. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
_(His Eminence Simon Stephen Cardinal Dedalus, Primate of all Ireland, appears in the doorway, dressed in red soutane, sandals and socks. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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