noun
- a long, close-fitting garment worn by clergy and choir members
Usage: religious
Examples
- The priest wore a black cassock during the service.
- The choir members put on their white cassocks before the performance.
- He buttoned up his cassock before entering the cathedral.
- The seminary students were required to wear cassocks to formal events.
- Her grandfather’s old cassock hung in the church vestry.
- The bishop’s purple cassock distinguished him from the other clergy.