soutane

noun

sou·tane sü-ˈtän

-ˈtan

: cassock

Examples of soutane in a Sentence

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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. —

Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2018 There is almost no men’s wear in this exhibition; one rare entry is a wool coat by Mr. Simons, inspired by a priest’s soutane. —

Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2018 The first stop is a zimarra, fascia and zucchetto (a caped version of the long soutane, a belt and skullcap) worn by John Paul II. —

Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018 Zerai, a heavyset man in a white soutane, a crucifix hanging from his neck, laughs at this new twist of fate. —

Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017 Nor is it industrial school or Magdalene Ireland, where the swish of a soutane smothered conscience and humanity, or the swing of a thurible ruled the Irish Catholic world. —

Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

French, from Italian sottana, literally, undergarment, from feminine of sottano being underneath, from Medieval Latin subtanus, from Latin subtus underneath — more at sous-chef

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of soutane was in 1838

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