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  • The bishop wears over his cassock the sticharion our alb; it is often of silk and coloured; then the epitrachelion, a stole of which the two ends are sewn together and hang straight down in front, with a loop through which the head is passed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • If the canon be a bishop he should wear the rochet and mantelletta over his purple cassock. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • The guild also purchased material and made the choirboys new cassocks, in addition to contributing towards the cost of new hymn and prayer books for the congregation.
  • I find thought that the cassock is as much a reminder to me of my call as a sign for others. AKMA’s Random Thoughts
  • In the present restorationist situation in the church, many leaders are satisfied with the middle-aged vocation with a biretta on his head, an ample cassock, and a conviction that he must teach the laity to obey him.
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  • Touched an extra folded cassock, underclothing, a silver holy medal on a nail driven into the frosted gray wood next to the window. THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL
  • And there was his obituary, with a lithograph of a stout, balding man in a cassock with a slightly forked beard.
  • His congregation heeded his advice, but Bould himself came out, clad in a cassock, to explain that the PCC's decision had not been put to the congregation and he did not know how many would go over to Rome. Church of England parish sings battle hymns as it plans move to Rome
  • It is growing apparent from your vicar's shortening sermons that it is becoming uncomfortably warm weather in which to wear a cassock.
  • On the live Bishop the silver pectoral cross rose and fell on the purple cassock.
  • Serious students from across the world in black cassocks and dangling crosses file to and from classes, but they're not entirely back in medieval times.
  • I handed in my cassock, the black and white outfit that had raised our dog's hackles and set him to barking when I first modelled it at home for my astonished family, who had stopped attending years earlier.
  • Among others, there is an account of his exchanging the bishop's cassock for the buff jerkin of a ballad singer, and selling out his stock of ballads at a tavern.
  • His black frock-coat, streaked with stains of acids and sirups, was much too wide for his lean little person, and looked like a shabby old cassock; and the man spoke with a strong Polish accent which gave the childlike character to his thin voice, the lisping note and intonations of a young thing learning to speak. Pierre And Jean
  • He explains the tradition where friends and fellow clergy help buy their friend's first ceremonial vestments or cassock, as well as the pectoral cross, ring, zucchetto skullcap or miter hat. USATODAY.com - John Paul's longtime tailor pays tribute to the pontiff
  • Touched an extra folded cassock, underclothing, a silver holy medal on a nail driven into the frosted gray wood next to the window. THE LAST REPORT ON THE MIRACLES AT LITTLE NO HORSE: A NOVEL
  • On the live Bishop the silver pectoral cross rose and fell on the purple cassock.
  • Such of the Ancients as held commands had come in purple cassocks, the magnificent fringes of which tangled in the white straps of their cothurni. Salammbo
  • Cassocks are similarly inadvisable in a force 10 gale, replaced by the standard hard hat, flameproof overalls, safety goggles, boots and gloves.
  • a cassock was a mark for the insults and outrages of soldiers and The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
  • In urban areas, the pews only fill when there's a popular church school, and pushy mums are sniffing round the vicar's cassock (dads generally opt out of this game). Britain's illiberal attitude to the church has driven me away
  • First, a jokey panel drops down behind him, forcing a cheap laugh from the audience right in the middle of his lovely "dream" aria; later, as a novice priest, he must sing the long, impassioned church scene wearing a transparent black chiffon cassock over satin trousers. In 'Manon,' Best to Close Your Eyes
  • The bishop wears over his cassock the sticharion our alb; it is often of silk and coloured; then the epitrachelion, a stole of which the two ends are sewn together and hang straight down in front, with a loop through which the head is passed. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • Lateran Congregation is a white woolen cassock with a linen rochet, which is worn as an essential part of the daily dress. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
  • I sat back bewildered, focusing somehow on the bare toes and the edges of sandal straps visible beneath the celebrant's cassock.
  • The _gipon_ was part of a man's attire, being, as Mr. Tyrwhitt defines it, "a short cassock," and was worn under the armor. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3
  • Vasco, in return, sent the King a cassock, two strings of coral, three washhand basins, a hat, and some bells. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
  • His cassock was a good one, and his hat, though dusty, shapely and new. The Isle of Unrest
  • Letters sections in newspapers became fora for anyone for whom the mere mention of a cassock is emetic.
  • Every one wore a kind of cassock of the brown coarse material; a few were girdled with belts of skin, having well-wrought metal buckles. Darkness and Dawn
  • The curate's study was an 18th century room that he could not afford to heat, so he would cocoon himself in a cassock and heavy cloak.
  • Peter had my package tucked under his arm and was marching down the hall, sending the hem of his cassock flying up to his knees.
  • In the cobalt light, their cassocks slapped softly against their trouser legs.
  • The moirée silk of the cassock, the cappa magna and the biretta was of a pale rose color.
  • I noticed that his cassock was a little frayed at the sleeves and short in the skirt. Incubus
  • Inwardly glowing with impatience, Arthur yet saw the necessity of obeying his guide; and when he had pulled the long and loose upper vestment from the old man, he stood before him in a cassock of black serge, befitting his order and profession, but begirt, not with a suitable sash such as clergymen wear, but with a most uncanonical buff-belt, supporting a short two-edged sword, calculated alike to stab and to smite. Anne of Geierstein
  • She threw in the Dacron cassock and surplice, too, the scent lingering. TOUCH
  • But it seems that the cassock and the cross can become an amazing uniform which still has the power to give its wearer a protected voice.
  • He called to mind the peculiarities of the "tui" of the natives, sometimes called the mockingbird from its incessant chuckle, and sometimes "the parson," in allusion to the white cravat it wears over its black, cassock-like plumage. In Search of the Castaways
  • He was greeted by the Pope, dressed in a white cassock, who then brought him to the private library for a meeting.
  • For who would not thinke it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a velvet gowne, and at a bridal in her cassock of mockado: a Gentleman of the Countrey among the bushes and briers, goes in a pounced dublet and a paire of embroidered hosen, the the Cities to weare a fries Ierkin and a paire of leather breeches? yet some such phantasticals haue I knowen, and one a certaine knight, of all other the most vaine, who commonly would come to the The Arte of English Poesie
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  • There is much, too, of his brother's marriage; and in a separate letter to the sisters there are individual acknowledgments of each article of the equipment, gratifying the donor by informing her that the 'cutaway' coat was actually to be worn that very evening at a dinner party at the Chief Justice's, and admiring the 'gambroon,' which turned out to be the material of the cassock, so much as to wish for a coat made of it for the islands. Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • In terms of the ornaments of the liturgy, sometimes the altar is set up in a way that is untidy, such as crooked candles that could easily be straightened or unevenly spaced candlesticks that a few more minutes of preparation could rectify; unkempt vestments, altar linens, cassocks and surplices for servers are sometimes also in evidence, as are servers visibly wearing informal clothing beneath their cassock. Ars Celebrandi as it relates to the Usus Antiquior
  • His black cassock was dusty and sweat - stained.
  • For who would not thinke it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a veluet gowne, and at a bridall in her cassock of mockado: a Gentleman of the Countrey among the bushes and briers, goe in a pounced dublet and a paire of embrodered hosen, in the Citie to weare a frise Ierkin and a paire of leather breeches? yet some such phantasticals haue I knowen, and one a certaine knight, of all other the most vaine, who commonly would come to the Sessions, and other ordinarie meetings and Commissions in the Countrey, so bedect with buttons and aglets of gold and such costly embroderies, as the poore plaine men of the Countrey called him (for his gaynesse) the golden knight. The Arte of English Poesie
  • Wearing a cassock and cloak, the Bishop will take gifts to a synagogue, a mosque, a Sikh Gurdwara, a Hindu temple and a Catholic church where he will offer prayers before the welcome service.
  • In addition some suspected that liberals might find themselves in the dock for failing, contrary to church law, to wear proper church vesture such as cassock and surplice.
  • Mr Copley, robed in cassock and billowing surplice, was impatiently pacing the back lawn seeming oblivious to their presence.
  • (over his cassock) the epitrachelion and phainolion. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
  • Orthodox and Byzantine Rite priests usually wear black cassocks, but gray and brown are also permitted.
  • The mourners arrived in their black suits led by the vicar in his white cassock.
  • Unlike in other nations, they stick to their identities by moving around in public places wearing the cassock,’ he says.
  • The only other dark face in the photo is that of Francois, who, dressed in the cassock and surplice of an acolyte, stands to one side of the pastor.
  • The guild also purchased material and made the choirboys new cassocks, in addition to contributing towards the cost of new hymn and prayer books for the congregation.
  • For the first time, he noticed a moth-hole in the Pope's cassock. A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • ‘I hope he's got thermals on under his cassock,’ my friend Lucy shivered when I told her where I was going.
  • Yes, dearest Melissa, the choir dress of His Holiness includes the mozetta and rochet over the white cassock.
  • The mozzetta is the same color as the cassock, and is usually worn only by cardinals and bishops.
  • All the niceties of ritual were observed -- the hand-candle, the attendants in cassock and ferraiolo -- and the choir sung unaccompanied, and also to the accompaniment of the organ and a violin. Solemn Pontifical Mass and Other Important Liturgical Events in New York
  • From their immaculate haircuts and the swish of their exquisitely cut cassocks these were the lads from Rome.
  • The rector of Chance came slowly past them with his surplice starched over the black cassock and turned at the chancel steps. THE WHITE DOVE
  • The choristers wore shirt and tie (long ties for the boys and bowties for the men) with black robes over their shoulders (not their liturgical cassocks and surplices).
  • She watched as the man, garbed appropriately in a black cassock and hat, disappeared through the cemetery, towards the lakeside and a small boat.

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