CASSOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cassock mean? 

• CASSOCK (noun)
  The noun CASSOCK has 1 sense:

1. a black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers

  Familiarity information: CASSOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A black garment reaching down to the ankles; worn by priests or choristers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cassock" is a kind of...):

vestment (gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cassock"):

soutane (a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests)

 Context examples 

He rose, and throwing off the black cassock and hat which had formed his disguise, he packed them away in a hand-bag.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)