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soutane

[ soo-tahn ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.
  1. a cassock.


soutane

/ suːˈtæn /

noun

  1. RC Church a priest's cassock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soutane1

1830–40; < French < Italian sottana, feminine of sottano placed below, equivalent to sott ( o ) below (< Latin subtus ) + -ano -an; form of the French word influenced by sous under
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Word 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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Example Sentences

He turned about again and beckoned to the tall young man in the black soutane.

The utmost respect has been paid to the priests; they have never ceased a moment to go abroad en soutane.

The Father-General dispenses such members from the priesthood and from wearing the soutane.

You'd have been a grand fellow in a long black soutane, with little buttons down to the feet, and a skull-cap on your head.

They found him alighting from his mule, with soutane rolled up to the waist, showing a prodigious breadth of pea-green trousers.

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