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‖ soutane|sutan|
[F. soutane († sotane, sottane), ad. It. sottana (med.L. sutana, subtana), f. sotto:—L. subtus under. Cf. sotana, -ane.]
1. A long buttoned gown or frock, with sleeves, forming the ordinary outer garment of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, and worn under the vestments in religious services; a cassock.
In quot. 1838 erroneously applied to the cotta.
1838J. Pardoe River & Desert II. 149 The officiating priests were gorgeous in their crimson robes and point-lace soutanes. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xi, A man of middle age, in the long soutane of a Romish priest. 1876M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 335 The preacher..was clad in the conventional Hindoo coat, long as a Ritualist's soutane.
2. transf. A wearer of the soutane; a priest.
1890Times 19 Dec. 7/2 A confederacy of soutanes and petticoats may do much. |