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Chasuble
Chas′u-ble
,Noun.
[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.
[Written also
chasible
, and chesible
.]