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What is a cassock?

What is a cassock? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete) A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries. [16th-17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc. [16th-17th c.]
  3. An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]
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It is growing apparent from your vicar's shortening sermons that it is becoming uncomfortably warm weather in which to wear a cassock.
She watched as the man, garbed appropriately in a black cassock and hat, disappeared through the cemetery, towards the lakeside and a small boat.
The mourners arrived in their black suits led by the vicar in his white cassock.
But it seems that the cassock and the cross can become an amazing uniform which still has the power to give its wearer a protected voice.
And there was his obituary, with a lithograph of a stout, balding man in a cassock with a slightly forked beard.
The mozzetta is the same color as the cassock, and is usually worn only by cardinals and bishops.

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