soutane

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long, close-fitting robe worn by some Christian clergy

   The priest wore a black soutane beneath his coat.

Borrowed from French soutane, from Italian sottana, meaning an undergarment or lower garment, ultimately from Latin subtus, ‘below’ or ‘beneath.’ The word later came to denote a cleric's long outer robe.

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