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: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services
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People can make their own pope jerseys at the team store (some have even used Roman numerals for the XIV), but the team won’t be selling chintzy T-shirts or making the players wear City Connect cassocks.
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Father Roman, a distinguished figure with curly black hair and floor-sweeping black cassock, let us in.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The clergyman certainly wasn’t turning up for a session dressed in his cardinal cassock, the trainer explained.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
Francis, on the other hand, had appeared dressed in the plain white cassock of a pope.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
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Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 14 May 2025
Father Roman, a distinguished figure with curly black hair and floor-sweeping black cassock, let us in.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The clergyman certainly wasn’t turning up for a session dressed in his cardinal cassock, the trainer explained.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
Francis, on the other hand, had appeared dressed in the plain white cassock of a pope.
—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025
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“Cassock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cassock. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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cassock
noun
cas·sock
ˈkas-ək 
: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn by clergy (as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches)
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