chasuble
noun
- vestment in the form of a wide cloak or mantle that slips over the wearer's head and hangs open at the sides
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæzjʊbəl/ / /ˈt͡ʃæzəbəl/ / /ˈt͡ʃæsəbəl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English chesible, from Old French chesible, from Late Latin casubla, an alteration of Latin casula (“little cottage, hooded cloak”), a diminutive of casa (“house”).
- The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass, equivalent to the phelonion of the Eastern tradition.
“Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen. Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.”
“He has magenta eyes, like old-fashioned vest buttons; he’s mowsy and glaubrous, brown like arnica and then green as the Nile; he’s quaky and qualmy and queasy and teasy; he chews chasubles and ripples rasubly.”