soutanen.
/suːˈtɑːn/, /suːˈtan/, U.S. /suˈtɑn/ 1. A long buttoned gown or frock, with sleeves, forming the ordinary outer garment of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, and worn under the vestments in religious services; a cassock.In quot. 1838 erroneously applied to the cotta n.1
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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > cassock or soutane
hackleeOE
pelisse1537
frock1548
sotane1652
cassock1664
soutanea1753
cassock1796
a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. iii. 145 A Clergyman in his Suttan, or long black Coat.
1838 J. Pardoe River & Desart II. 149 The officiating priests were gorgeous in their crimson robes and point-lace soutanes.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xi A man of middle age, in the long soutane of a Romish priest.
1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 335 The preacher..was clad in the conventional Hindoo coat, long as a Ritualist's soutane.
2. transferred. A wearer of the soutane; a priest.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun]
priesteOE
presbyterOE
sirec1290
beauperec1300
sirc1386
fatherhooda1393
fatherheada1434
paternity1439
pater1481
fathershipa1500
father1528
key-bearer?1531
key-keeper?1556
vicegerent1572
priestdom1588
sacerdosa1592
flasher1611
priesthooda1616
père1619
sacerdote1685
firekeeper1789
soggarth1836
priestship1868
soutane1890
joss-man1913
1890 Times 19 Dec. 7/2 A confederacy of soutanes and petticoats may do much.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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