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Webster 1913 Edition
Soutane
‖
Souˊtane′
,Noun.
[F., fr. Sp.
sotana
, or It. sottana
, LL. subtana
, fr. L. subtus
below, beneath, fr. sub
under.] (Eccl. Costume)
A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
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English
Noun
soutane (plural soutanes)
- A long gown with sleeves and buttons at the front
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 21
- Then at the door of the castle the rector had shaken hands with his father and mother, his soutane fluttering in the breeze, and the car had driven off with his father and mother on it.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 21
Translations
a long gown