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soutane
[ soo-tahn ]
noun
, Ecclesiastical.
- a cassock.
soutane
/ suːˈtæn /
noun
- RC Church a priest's cassock
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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The utmost respect has been paid to the priests; they have never ceased a moment to go abroad en soutane.
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The Father-General dispenses such members from the priesthood and from wearing the soutane.
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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.
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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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