rhason
noun
rha·son
\ˈräˌsȯn\
variants: or
rason
\ˈräˌsȯn\Definition of rhason
-s
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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Origin and Etymology of rhason
Middle Greek rhason, a napless woolen cloth, rhason, perhaps from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape, scratch, shave — more at rat
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