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cassock

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkasək/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkæsək/
  • rhymes with -æsək
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 S AH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soutane

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vestment

Narrower terms: soutane

History

Etymology

From Middle French casaque (“cloak”).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ра́са (rása) — item of clerical clothing
  • Bulgarian: ра́со (ráso) — item of clerical clothing
  • Catalan: sotana — item of clerical clothing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法衣 (fǎyī) — item of clerical clothing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袈裟 (jiāshā) — item of clerical clothing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 衲 (nà) — item of clerical clothing
  • Czech: sutana — item of clerical clothing
  • Dutch: kazuifel — item of clerical clothing
  • Faroese: prestakjóli — item of clerical clothing
  • Finnish: kauhtana — item of clerical clothing
  • Finnish: papinkauhtana — item of clerical clothing
  • Finnish: kasukka — item of clerical clothing
  • French: soutane — item of clerical clothing
  • German: Soutane — item of clerical clothing
  • Greek: ράσο (ráso) — item of clerical clothing
  • Hungarian: reverenda — item of clerical clothing
  • Icelandic: hempa — item of clerical clothing
  • Irish: casóg — item of clerical clothing
  • Italian: sottana — item of clerical clothing
  • Italian: gonnellino — item of clerical clothing
  • Japanese: キャソック (kyasokku) — item of clerical clothing
  • Korean: 수단 (sudan) — item of clerical clothing
  • Lithuanian: abitas — item of clerical clothing
  • Macedonian: мантија (mantija) — item of clerical clothing
  • Malayalam: ളോഹ (ḷōha) — item of clerical clothing
  • Manx: cassag — item of clerical clothing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prestekjole — item of clerical clothing
  • Persian: قبا (qabâ) — item of clerical clothing
  • Polish: sutanna — item of clerical clothing
  • Portuguese: batina — item of clerical clothing
  • Portuguese: sotaina — item of clerical clothing
  • Russian: ря́са (rjása) — item of clerical clothing
  • Russian: сута́на (sutána) — item of clerical clothing
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀нтија — item of clerical clothing
  • Serbo-Croatian: màntija — item of clerical clothing
  • Spanish: sotana — item of clerical clothing
  • Spanish: hopa — item of clerical clothing
  • Spanish: balandrán — item of clerical clothing
  • Tagalog: sutana — item of clerical clothing
  • Ukrainian: ря́са (rjása) — item of clerical clothing
  • Vietnamese: áo thụng — item of clerical clothing
  • Vietnamese: áo cà sa — item of clerical clothing
  • Welsh: casog — item of clerical clothing