cassock

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"Your cassock is all dust!" she cried hysterically.

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  1. noun Ecclesiastical An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services.

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  1. French casaque, long coat, from Old French, perhaps from Italian casacca, from Persian kazhāgand, padded garment : kazh, raw silk + āgand, stuffed.

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  1. from French casaque, a cassock (later casaquin, a small cassock, a corset, later Danish kasseking, a jacket, jerkin), from Italian casacca (= Spanish Portuguese casaca), a great-coat, surtout, literally a house (cf. casaccia, a large, ugly old house), from casa, a house: see casa, casino, and cf. chasuble, from the same ult. source.
 

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/ˈkæsək/
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