Chasuble

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  • noun. A long sleeveless vestment worn over the alb by a priest during services.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Eccles., a sleeveless vestment, originally circular in outline, but in medieval and modern use of an elliptical shape, or modified from this so as to be nearly rectangular, and provided with an aperture in the center through which to pass the head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
  • Word Usage
    "Now conical chasubles are rare enough to see, all things considered, but the sight of a conical rose chasuble is virtually unheard of:"
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