n. An ankle-length garment with a close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by the clergy and others assisting in church services. [French casaque, long military coat, from Middle French, probably originally meaning "Cossack coat" and ultimately (probably via Old Russian kozakŭ, free man, Cossack) and of Turkic origin; akin to Tatar qazaq, free man, adventurer, and Kazakh qazaq, Kazakh; see KAZAKH.] |
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