cassock
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The pair visited Gammarelli, then the official tailor of the papacy, where he purchased an ankle-length black cassock, usually worn by priests.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
I suggested that she try to imagine something happening to the devil, perhaps his foot tripping over his cassock or something else.
From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023
“Lord have mercy,” the priest chanted as he blessed the bodies of fallen Russian soldiers with incense, his cassock buffeted by a freezing wind.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
With his black locks and pristine white cassock, the parishioner was at the Galle Face Green protests every day.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2023
In summertime I would abandon adolescence to put the black cassock of mourning over a light summer shirt.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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