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: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services
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Bernard received a frock (a sort of black cassock), though he was not required to wear it.
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
In Valley of the Shadow of Death, Wong dons a cassock to play a pastor who must deal with the man responsible for his daughter’s death.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
On May 30, 2023, when no one was at the church, security cameras caught an unlikely scene: Lucas, in full dark cassock, showed up in broad daylight, accompanied by a locksmith who changed the locks on the church doors and mailbox.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Pius stands facing the camera in a white cassock, two fingers of his right hand raised in benediction, his gaze penetrating and implacable.
—Cullen Murphy, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
In Valley of the Shadow of Death, Wong dons a cassock to play a pastor who must deal with the man responsible for his daughter’s death.
—Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
On May 30, 2023, when no one was at the church, security cameras caught an unlikely scene: Lucas, in full dark cassock, showed up in broad daylight, accompanied by a locksmith who changed the locks on the church doors and mailbox.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Pius stands facing the camera in a white cassock, two fingers of his right hand raised in benediction, his gaze penetrating and implacable.
—Cullen Murphy, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Cassock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassock. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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cassock
noun
cas·sock
ˈkas-ək 
: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn by clergy (as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches)
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