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rhason

noun
rha·​son
variants: or rason \ ˈräˌsȯn \
plural -s

Definition of rhason 

Eastern Church

1 : an ecclesiastical garment resembling the cassock

2 : a long loose cloak worn over the rhason

— called also exorhason

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History and Etymology for rhason

Middle Greek rhason, a napless woolen cloth, rhason, perhaps from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape, scratch, shave

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