soutane

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/suːˈtæn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(so̅o̅ tän′)


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sou•tane  (so̅o̅ tän′),USA pronunciation n. [Eccles.]
  1. Religiona cassock.
  • Latin subtus) + -ano -an; form of the French word influenced by sous under
  • Italian sottana, feminine of sottano placed below, equivalent. to sott(o) below (
  • French
  • 1830–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
soutane /suːˈtæn/ n
  1. a priest's cassock
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Old Italian sottana, from Medieval Latin subtanus (adj) (worn) beneath, from Latin subtus below

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