cassock

noun

cas·​sock ˈka-sək 

: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn especially in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches by the clergy and by laypersons assisting in services

Illustration of cassock

Examples of cassock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —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

Word History

Etymology

Middle French casaque

First Known Use

1631, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cassock

• classic
• boracic
• jurassic
• postclassic
• potassic
• preclassic
• thoracic
• cardiothoracic
• intrathoracic
• prothoracic
• transthoracic

Kids Definition

cassock

noun

cas·​sock ˈkas-ək 

: a close-fitting ankle-length garment worn by clergy (as in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches)