rhason
noun
rha·son
variants or rason
ˈräˌsȯn
plural -s
Eastern Church
1
: an ecclesiastical garment resembling the cassock
2
: a long loose cloak worn over the rhason
called also exorhason
Word History
Etymology
Middle Greek rhason, a napless woolen cloth, rhason, perhaps from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape, scratch, shave