different between soutane vs cassock

English

Etymology

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

Noun

soutane (plural soutanes)

1. (Christian clerical dress) A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 21

     Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.

Translations

Further reading

• soutane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French soutane.

Pronunciation

Noun

soutane f (plural soutanes)

1. (Southern, Roman Catholicism) cassock

Synonyms

• toga
• toog

Finnish

Verb

soutane

1. Indicative connegative potential form of soutaa.

Anagrams

• soentua, soutaen, suotaen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.tan/

Noun

soutane f (plural soutanes)

1. cassock
2. soutane

Descendants

• ? Dutch: soutane
• ? English: soutane

Further reading

• “soutane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nouâtes

English

Etymology

From Middle French casaque (“cloak”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kas?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæs?k/

Noun

cassock (plural cassocks)

1. (obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. [16th-17th c.]
2. (obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. [16th-17th c.]
3. An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]

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Anagrams

• Cossack, cossack