| Chasuble (chasuble) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Chas"u*ble |
| [F.
chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula,
casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a
little house] cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage,
dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) |
The outer
vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the
Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a
narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only.
The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or
pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In
the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle.
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